Scoring for Britain: International Football and International Politics, 1900-1939

ISBN-13: 9780714644547 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 306 str.

Peter Beck

Opis

Political interference in sport, though commonly associated with Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and the Soviet Union, has been perceived as something alien to Britain, where both government and sporting bodies have sought to present images respecting the autonomy of sport. However, in the 20th century, the growing politicization of sport in other countries encouraged British governments to view sport as an instrument of policy suportive of British interests in the wider world. Association football, Britain's major sport, came to be seen as a means of projecting favourable images of Britain as a great nation to a large and often responsive overseas audience, given the country's status as the masters of football espousing fair play and other postitive values.

Spis treści

The Daily Telegraph -" an interesting volume "



Woking News and Mail- "The scope of Becks book is extraordinary....Beck, who went to the same grammar school as Des Lynam, has created a history that will fascinate academics, anoraks and fans alike, whether in the library, in the armchair or on the terraces.;



The Independent comment page



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LSE Magazine - book details



Association of Sports Historians- "Following on in the series in which Tony Collins" award winning book was published we now have an excellently researched book by Peter Beck.This book is about the football side and is splendid, if a heavy, read."



World Soccer- " hidden away are some nuggets that should make the book required reading for all those who have, at any time, written or compiled World Cup histories."



Surrey/Richmond/Esher & Cobham/Chessington & Hook Comet- see file



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Choice- "A thoroughly researched and documented examination of the political meaning and significance of sport."



The Sports Historian, Vol 19, No 2, Nov 99

"This book will undoubtedly be the primary political study of this area for the foreseeable future. As such it makes another worthwhile contribution to Cass"s "Sport in the Global Society" series.

O autorze

Peter J. Beck