Explores the relationship between sport and democratization using sociological and historical methodologies and case studies of ancient Greece and nineteenth-century Britain.
Explores the relationship between sport and democratization using sociological and historical methodologies and case studies of ancient Greece and nineteenth-century Britain.
Paul Christesen is Associate Professor of Classics at Dartmouth College. He is the author of Olympic Victor Lists and Ancient Greek History (Cambridge University Press, 2007) and the co-editor (with Donald Kyle) of the Wiley-Blackwell Companion to Sport and Spectacle in Greek and Roman Antiquity (forthcoming).
Inhaltsangabe
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Key terms and concepts 3. Previous work positing a causal relationship between sport and democratization 4. Congruence between society and sport 5. Sport as a school for democracy 6. Sport as an impediment to democratization 7. Studying the cumulative effect of horizontal mass sport on democratization 8. Sport and society in early iron-age Greece 9. Sport and society in sixth- and fifth-century BCE Greece 10. Sport and democratization in sixth- and fifth-century BCE Greece 11. Sport and society in Britain from 1800 to 1840 12. Sport and society in Britain from 1840 to 1870 13. A quick trip to the continent: sport in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Germany 14. Sport and society in Britain from 1870 to 1900 15. Sport and democratization in nineteenth-century Britain 16. Mass sport in the United States 17. Conclusion.
Preface 1. Introduction 2. Key terms and concepts 3. Previous work positing a causal relationship between sport and democratization 4. Congruence between society and sport 5. Sport as a school for democracy 6. Sport as an impediment to democratization 7. Studying the cumulative effect of horizontal mass sport on democratization 8. Sport and society in early iron-age Greece 9. Sport and society in sixth- and fifth-century BCE Greece 10. Sport and democratization in sixth- and fifth-century BCE Greece 11. Sport and society in Britain from 1800 to 1840 12. Sport and society in Britain from 1840 to 1870 13. A quick trip to the continent: sport in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Germany 14. Sport and society in Britain from 1870 to 1900 15. Sport and democratization in nineteenth-century Britain 16. Mass sport in the United States 17. Conclusion.
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