Globalizing Sport /

Globalizing Sport / / Barbara J. Keys.

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 th...

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Keys, Barbara J.,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2013]
©2006
Year of Publication:2013
Language:English
Series:Harvard Historical Studies ; 152
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Physical Description:1 online resource :; 12 halftones
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • 1. Sport, the State, and International Politics
  • 2. The Rise of International Sports Organizations
  • 3. Democracy and International Sport: The United States
  • 4. "Americanizing" the Olympic Games: Los Angeles, 1932
  • 5. Dictatorship and International Sport: Nazi Germany
  • 6. Between Nazism and Olympism: Berlin, 1936
  • 7. The Soviet Union and the Triumph of Soccer
  • Conclusion
  • Abbreviations Used in the Notes
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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