Sports in the Western WorldRowman and Littlefield, 1982 - 360 sider Traces the history of sports from the original Greek Olympics to the development of professional team sports and considers the business and political aspects of sports. |
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Side 137
... political and cultural life . During the 1870s and 1880s violent secret societies and eloquent Irish politicians campaigned for Irish independence . Sports took on political significance . In 1884 a nationalist newspaper , United ...
... political and cultural life . During the 1870s and 1880s violent secret societies and eloquent Irish politicians campaigned for Irish independence . Sports took on political significance . In 1884 a nationalist newspaper , United ...
Side 189
... political meaning . But premodern examples are mere momentary liaisons compared with the stolid union of sports and politics in this century . Politically charged from the outset , the modern Olympic Games were seldom free of ...
... political meaning . But premodern examples are mere momentary liaisons compared with the stolid union of sports and politics in this century . Politically charged from the outset , the modern Olympic Games were seldom free of ...
Side 279
... political manipula- tion . The Montreal Games of 1976 did little to allay those fears . Expenses for the 1976 Summer Olympics , originally estimated at $ 250 million , ran in the end to about $ 1.5 billion , sending the Canadian ...
... political manipula- tion . The Montreal Games of 1976 did little to allay those fears . Expenses for the 1976 Summer Olympics , originally estimated at $ 250 million , ran in the end to about $ 1.5 billion , sending the Canadian ...
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Medieval People at Play | 42 |
New Standards for Old Sports | 85 |
The Birth of Mass Leisure | 99 |
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