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Keys offers the first major study of the political and cultural ramifications of international sports competitions in the 1930s. Focusing on the U.S., Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union, she examines the transformation of events like the Olympics and the World Cup from small-scale events to the expensive, political, global extravaganzas of today.

Globalizing Sport

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      Publisher Harvard University Press
      Published 9 September 2013
      ISBN-13 9780674725706
      978-0674725706
      ISBN-10 0674725700
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      Social and cultural history International relations Sport Sporting events and management

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      Book Synopsis
      Keys offers the first major study of the political and cultural ramifications of international sports competitions in the 1930s. Focusing on the U.S., Nazi Germany, and the Soviet Union, she examines the transformation of events like the Olympics and the World Cup from small-scale events to the expensive, political, global extravaganzas of today.

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