Sport in Capitalist Society Collins Tony De Montfort University UK
Why are the Olympic Games the driving force behind a clampdown on civil liberties?What makes sport an unwavering ally of nationalism and militarism?Is sport the new opiate of the masses?These and many…
Specifikacia Sport in Capitalist Society Collins Tony De Montfort University UK
Why are the Olympic Games the driving force behind a clampdown on civil liberties?What makes sport an unwavering ally of nationalism and militarism?Is sport the new opiate of the masses?These and many other questions are answered in this new radical history of sport by leading historian of sport and society, Professor Tony Collins.Tracing the history of modern sport from its origins in the burgeoning capitalist economy of mid-eighteenth century England to the globalised corporate sport of today, the book argues that, far from the purity of sport being 'corrupted' by capitalism, modern sport is as much a product of capitalism as the factory, the stock exchange and the unemployment line.Based on original sources, the book explains how sport has been shaped and moulded by the major political and economic events of the past two