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Making the American team : sport, culture, and the Olympic experience / Mark Dyreson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Sport and societyPublication details: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1998.Description: viii, 269 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0252023498 (cloth : acid-free paper)
  • 9780252023491 (cloth : acid-free paper)
  • 0252066545 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
  • 9780252066542 (pbk. : acid-free paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 796/.0973 21
LOC classification:
  • .D97 1998
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Contents:
Inventing the sporting republic -- Athens, 1896 : "See the conquering heroes come" -- Paris, 1900 : exhibiting American athletic nationalism -- St. Louis, 1904 : an "all-American" Olympics -- The limits of universal claims : how class, gender, race, and ethnicity shaped the sporting republic -- Athens, 1906, and London, 1908 : Uncle Sam was all right -- Stockholm, 1912 : the sporting republic's zenith -- The idea of a sporting republic : athletic technology, American political culture, and progressive visions of civilization -- The decline of the sporting republic.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) GV706.35 .D97 1998 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000069410

Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-252) and index.

Inventing the sporting republic -- Athens, 1896 : "See the conquering heroes come" -- Paris, 1900 : exhibiting American athletic nationalism -- St. Louis, 1904 : an "all-American" Olympics -- The limits of universal claims : how class, gender, race, and ethnicity shaped the sporting republic -- Athens, 1906, and London, 1908 : Uncle Sam was all right -- Stockholm, 1912 : the sporting republic's zenith -- The idea of a sporting republic : athletic technology, American political culture, and progressive visions of civilization -- The decline of the sporting republic.

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