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Playing Tough: The World of Sports and Politics
Contributor(s): Abrams, Roger I. (Author)

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 ISBN: 1555537537     ISBN-13: 9781555537531
Publisher: Northeastern University Press
OUR PRICE: $28.45  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: May 2013
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | Political Process - General
- Social Science | Popular Culture
- Sports & Recreation | History
Dewey: 306.483
LCCN: 2012042100
Physical Information: 0.94" H x 6.44" W x 9.37" L (1.20 lbs) 280 pages
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 02/01/2014
 
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Playing Tough is an entertaining and thoroughly enlightening look at the unique and surprisingly outsized role that sports have played in politics and history. Ever since the bread and circuses of Rome, sports have been used as a tool to entertain the masses and to instill civic pride. Abrams shows both the positive and the negative ways in which sports and politics have coalesced, from the rabid nationalism of the 1936 Nazi Olympics, the political grudge match of the Louis and Schmeling fights, and the "futbol war" between Honduras and Costa Rica to the inspiring stories of South Africa's rugby nation-building and Muhammad Ali's brave antiwar stance, which nearly cost him his career. Abrams is an informed and impassioned writer who chronicles the profoundly creative and destructive influence that sports have on the political life of our nation and the world.This book will be of interest to any and all sports and politics enthusiasts and is a wonderful introduction for course creation and adoption.
 
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