Globalizing Sport: National Rivalry and International Community in the 1930s (Harvard Historical Studies)

by B J Keys (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2006

  $85.86

  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.