Sport in Capitalist Society: A Short History

by Tony Collins

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415813565
• ISBN13: 9780415813563
• Release Date: April 2013
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"