Politics and Culture of Modern Sports

This study examines the role of modern sports in constructing national identities and domestic and foreign policy. It focuses on the development of national sporting cultures in Great Britain and the United States, how the rest of Europe and the world adopted or rejected their games, and the impact of sports on politics.

Info autore

Sheldon Anderson is professor of history at Miami University (Ohio), specializing in Cold War history, European diplomatic history, and sports history. He is the author of A Dollar to Poland Is a Dollar to Russia (1993), A Cold War in the Soviet Bloc (2000), Condemned to Repeat It (2008), and The Politics and Culture of Modern Sports (2015).

Riassunto

This study examines the role of modern sports in constructing national identities and domestic and foreign policy. It focuses on the development of national sporting cultures in Great Britain and the United States, how the rest of Europe and the world adopted or rejected their games, and the impact of sports on politics.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Sheldon Anderson, Reilly, Anderson Sheldon
• Editore: Lexington Books
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 30.09.2017
• Categoria: Scienze sociali, diritto, economia > Scienze politiche > Scienze politiche comparate e internazionali; Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie
• EAN: 9781498517973
• ISBN: 978-1-4985-1797-3
• Numero di pagine: 408
• Categorie: USA, Cultural History, History, Political Science, HISTORY / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, Nationalism, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, International Relations, 21st Century, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Holidays (non-religious), 21st century history: from c 2000 -, 21st century, c 2000 to c 2100, Sociology: sport & leisure, history of sport, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Sociology: sport and leisure, United States of America, USA, sociology of sports, Politics of sport