Globalizing Sport - National Rivalry and International Community in the 1930s

Informationen zum Autor Barbara J. Keys is Associate Professor of U.S. and International History at the University of Melbourne. Klappentext Offers a study of the political and cultural ramifications of international sports competitions in the decades before WWII. This book examines the transformation of events like the Olympic Games and the World Cup from relatively small-scale events to the expensive! politically resonant! globally popular entertainment extravaganzas. Zusammenfassung Keys offers the first major study of the political and cultural ramifications of international sports competitions in the 1930s. Focusing on the U.S.! Nazi Germany! and the Soviet Union! she examines the transformation of events like the Olympics and the World Cup from small-scale events to the expensive! political! global extravaganzas of today.

Product details

• Authors: Barbara J. Keys, Keys Barbara J.
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.10.2007
• EAN: 9780674023260
• ISBN: 978-0-674-02326-0
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 165 mm x 241 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Harvard Historical Studies; Harvard Historical Studies (Ha; Harvard Historical Studies
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Comparative and international political science; POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, International Relations, Social and cultural history, Sporting events and management, Sporting events & management