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Sport in Europe: Politics, Class, Gender
J. A. . Ed(S): Mangan
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paperback. This book examines the cultural, social, political, economic and aesthetic history of Sport in Europe. Editor(s): Mangan, J. A. Series: Sport in the Global Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: JHBS; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 453.
This book examines the cultural, social, political, economic and aesthetic history of Sport in Europe. As sport has grown, progressively replacing religion, in its power to excite passion, provide emotional escape, offer fraternal (and increasingly sororital) bonding, it has become an inescapable reality linking public environment with intimate experience and thus offers the historian an opportunity to inspect and attempt to grasp all the dimensions of the recent past and their relative share in individual and collective experience. This collection considers the evolution of modern sport in Europe and examines its relationshop with politics, gender and class.
This book examines the cultural, social, political, economic and aesthetic history of Sport in Europe. As sport has grown, progressively replacing religion, in its power to excite passion, provide emotional escape, offer fraternal (and increasingly sororital) bonding, it has become an inescapable reality linking public environment with intimate experience and thus offers the historian an opportunity to inspect and attempt to grasp all the dimensions of the recent past and their relative share in individual and collective experience. This collection considers the evolution of modern sport in Europe and examines its relationshop with politics, gender and class.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Series
Sport in the Global Society
Number of Pages
280
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780714680057
SKU
V9780714680057
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