6..12 x 0.75 x 9.25 inches, 288 pages
English language
Published Oct. 30, 2006 by Harvard University Press.
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In this impressive book, Barbara Keys offers the first major study of the political and cultural ramifications of international sports competitions in the decades before World War II. Focusing on the United States, Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union, she examines the transformation of events like the Olympic Games and the World Cup from relatively small-scale events to the expensive, political, globally popular extravaganzas familiar to us today.
Subjects
- Sports History
- Popular Culture in Social Sciences
- World History
- Social sciences
- Social Sciences; Sociology and anthropology
- Culture and Institutions
- Specific aspects of culture
- Recreation and performing arts
- Sports
- Nationalism & sports
- sports and globalization
- Sports -- History -- 20th century
- Geography, Anthropology and Recreation
- Recreation. Leisure