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100 1 _aChristesen, Paul,
_d1966-
245 1 0 _aSport and democracy in the ancient and modern worlds
_h[electronic resource] /
_cPaul Christesen.
260 _aCambridge ;
_aNew York :
_bCambridge University Press,
_c2012.
300 _axvii, 309 p. :
_bill., maps.
490 0 _aSport and democracy in the ancient and modern worlds
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 8 _aMachine generated contents note: Preface; 1. Introduction; 2. Key terms and concepts; 3. Previous work positing a causal relationship between sport and democratization; 4. Congruence between society and sport; 5. Sport as a school for democracy; 6. Sport as an impediment to democratization; 7. Studying the cumulative effect of horizontal mass sport on democratization; 8. Sport and society in early iron-age Greece; 9. Sport and society in sixth- and fifth-century BCE Greece; 10. Sport and democratization in sixth- and fifth-century BCE Greece; 11. Sport and society in Britain from 1800 to 1840; 12. Sport and society in Britain from 1840 to 1870; 13. A quick trip to the continent: sport in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Germany; 14. Sport and society in Britain from 1870 to 1900; 15. Sport and democratization in nineteenth-century Britain; 16. Mass sport in the United States; 17. Conclusion.
520 _a"This book explores the relationship between sport and democratization using sociological and historical methodologies and case studies of ancient Greece and nineteenth-century Britain"--
_cProvided by publisher.
533 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aSports
_xHistory.
650 0 _aSports
_xSociological aspects.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
710 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
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