Sport Italia : The Italian Love Affair with Sport
Simon. Martin
Bok Engelsk 2011 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | London : : I.B.Tauris, , 2011.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (315 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Cover; Contents; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction; 2. The Italian factory; 3. Mussolini's boys: athletes of fascism, soldiers of sport; 4. From the Duce to De Gasperi; 5. A Cold War and hot economy; 6. Terrorists, trade unionists and televisions; 7. Political footballs in Berlusconia; 8. A drugged old lady, a doped pirate and dirty feet; 9. Not a normal country?; Notes; Selected bibliography; Index. - The Italian love affair with sport is passionate, voracious, all-consuming. It provides a backdrop and a narrative to almost every aspect of daily life in Italy and the distinctively pink-coloured newspaper 'La Gazzetta dello Sport' is devoured by over three million hungry readers every day. _x000D__x000D_Narrating the history of modern Italy through its national passion for sport, Sport Italia is a completely new portrayal of one of Europe's most fascinating and chaotic countries. Uncovering the role of major and minor sports in its social, economic and political modernization, Simon Martin c
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| ISBN | 9781845118204
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