Rob Beamish, Ian Ritchie

Fastest, Highest, Strongest

A Critique of High-Performance Sport

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A challenging scholarly contribution to the debate surrounding performance-enhancing practices in sport, which roots the subject in its international social, political and historical context.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Juni 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 242mm x 154mm x 16mm
• Gewicht: 1021g
• ISBN-13: 9780415770422
• ISBN-10: 0415770424
• Artikelnr.: 22515463

Autorenporträt

Rob Beamish, Ian Ritchie

Inhaltsangabe

1. From de Coubertin's Dream to High-Performance Sport: The Shifting
Dynamics of Olympic Sport 2. Steroids: Nazi Propaganda, Cold War Fears, and
'Androgenized' Women 3. 'Sport,' German Traditions, and the Development of
'Training' 4. From Stalingrad to Helsinki: The Development of German Sport
Systems 5. 'Something had altered in the faces of the pigs ...' The
Convergence of Sport in the GDR and FRG 6. Ethics Reconsidered: The Spirit
of Sport, the Level Playing Field, and Harm to the Athlete. Conclusion: The
Brave New World of High-Performance Sport