The erosion of the American sporting ethos: shifting attitudes toward competition

"This volume provides an analysis of the nature of competition in contemporary American sport. This work traces American sport from American culture to the influence of the 1960s counterculture and the resulting rise of a post-Cold War ethos that continues to reinterpret competitiveness as a re...

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1. Verfasser: Rosen, Joel Nathan (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Jefferson [u.a.] McFarland 2007
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Zusammenfassung:"This volume provides an analysis of the nature of competition in contemporary American sport. This work traces American sport from American culture to the influence of the 1960s counterculture and the resulting rise of a post-Cold War ethos that continues to reinterpret competitiveness as a relic of a misbegotten past and anathema to American life"--Provided by publisher.
Beschreibung:"This volume provides an analysis of the nature of competition in contemporary American sport. This work traces American sport from American culture to the influence of the 1960s counterculture and the resulting rise of a post-Cold War ethos that continues to reinterpret competitiveness as a relic of a misbegotten past and anathema to American life"--Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:IX, 284 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:9780786429172

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