03248oam 2200685I 450 991045293740332120200520144314.00-203-06811-41-299-46906-X1-135-08199-910.4324/9780203068113 (CKB)2550000001019541(EBL)1170291(SSID)ssj0000860837(PQKBManifestationID)11447812(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860837(PQKBWorkID)10915029(PQKB)11669462(MiAaPQ)EBC1170291(PPN)191280984(Au-PeEL)EBL1170291(CaPaEBR)ebr10687183(CaONFJC)MIL478156(OCoLC)841914907(OCoLC)840416972(EXLCZ)99255000000101954120180706d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSport in capitalist society a short history /Tony CollinsAbingdon, Oxon :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (187 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-415-81356-5 0-415-81355-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 sport12 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; IndexWhy 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 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 puSportsPolitical aspectsSportsEconomic aspectsSports and stateCapitalismElectronic books.SportsPolitical aspects.SportsEconomic aspects.Sports and state.Capitalism.796.06/9Collins Tony1961-,910306MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452937403321Sport in capitalist society2163854UNINA