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UNINA9910452937403321 |
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Autore |
Collins Tony <1961-, > |
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Titolo |
Sport in capitalist society : a short history / / Tony Collins |
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Abingdon, Oxon : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
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0-203-06811-4 |
1-299-46906-X |
1-135-08199-9 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (187 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Sports - Political aspects |
Sports - Economic aspects |
Sports and state |
Capitalism |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; SPORT IN CAPITALIST SOCIETY; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; 1 Capitalism and the birth of modern sport; 2 Class conflict and the decline of traditional games; 3 Sport, nationalism and the French Revolution; 4 The middle-class invention of amateurism; 5 Women and the masculine kingdom of sport; 6 The Victorian sporting industrial revolution; 7 Sport and the age of empire; 8 Unfair play: the racial politics of sport; 9 Soccer's rise to globalism; 10 The second revolution: sport between the world wars; 11 Revolutionary sport |
12 Sex, drugs and sport in the Cold War13 Taking sides in the 1960s; 14 The revolution is being televised; 15 Winners and losers: sport in the New World Order; Conclusion: what future for sport?; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Why are the Olympic Games the driving force behind a clampdown on civil liberties? What makes sport an unwavering ally of nationalism and militarism? Is sport the new opiate of the masses?These and many other questions are answered in this new radical history of sport by leading historian of sport and society, Professor Tony Collins.Tracing |
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the history of modern sport from its origins in the burgeoning capitalist economy of mid-eighteenth century England to the globalised corporate sport of today, the book argues that, far from the pu |
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UNISA996384340103316 |
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By the King and Queen, a proclamation [[electronic resource] ] : whereas Their Majesties have received information that the persons herein particularly named have conspired together . |
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London, : Printed by Charles Bill and Thomas Newcomb ..., 1690 |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Mary, Queen of England, <1662-1694.> |
William, King of England, <1650-1702.> |
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Great Britain History William and Mary, 1689-1702 |
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"Given at our court at Whitehall, the fourteenth day of July 1690, in the second year of our reign." |
Reproduction of original in the Harvard University Library. |
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