Barbaric sport : a global plague / Marc Perelman ; translated by David Macey.
Barbaric sport : a global plague / Marc Perelman ; translated by David Macey.
Barbaric sport : a global plague / Marc Perelman ; translated by David Macey.
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London ; New York : Verso, 2012.
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Date
2012.
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N306.483/98
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English
French
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x, 134 p. ; 20 cm.
Contents
The real nature of the Olympic Games: Berlin 1936, Moscow 1980, the football World Cup, Argentina 1978 -- Beijing 2008: the games of shame -- The Olympic charter -- Competitive sport: globalized sports-spectacle and national fetish -- Sport: as old as the world? -- Origin and development of the thes...
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London ; New York : Verso, 2012.
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England
Date Published
2012.
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Barbaric sport : a global plague / Marc Perelman ; translated by David Macey.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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Translation of: Le sport barbare : Critique d'un fléau mondial.
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N306.483/98
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74VvNWBbpQR3
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1844678598 (pbk.) :
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306.483
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991012966939702626
