LEADER 03279oam 2200697I 450 001 9910822703503321 005 20240131144122.0 010 $a1-135-08198-0 010 $a0-203-06811-4 010 $a1-299-46906-X 010 $a1-135-08199-9 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203068113 035 $a(CKB)2550000001019541 035 $a(EBL)1170291 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860837 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11447812 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860837 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10915029 035 $a(PQKB)11669462 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1170291 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1170291 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10687183 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL478156 035 $a(OCoLC)841914907 035 $a(OCoLC)840416972 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB133974 035 $a(PPN)191280984 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001019541 100 $a20180706d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSport in capitalist society $ea short history /$fTony Collins 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon :$cRoutledge,$d2013. 215 $a1 online resource (187 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-415-81356-5 311 $a0-415-81355-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCover; 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 327 $a12 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 330 $aWhy 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 pu 606 $aSports$xPolitical aspects 606 $aSports$xEconomic aspects 606 $aSports and state 606 $aCapitalism 615 0$aSports$xPolitical aspects. 615 0$aSports$xEconomic aspects. 615 0$aSports and state. 615 0$aCapitalism. 676 $a796.06/9 700 $aCollins$b Tony$f1961-,$0910306 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822703503321 996 $aSport in capitalist society$93925935 997 $aUNINA