The idea of sports in Germany, 1880--1936.
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Title
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The idea of sports in Germany, 1880--1936.
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Identifier
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AAI9959205
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identifier
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9959205
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Creator
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Mack, Christopher Jon.
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Contributor
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Adviser: Abraham Ascher
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Date
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2000
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Language
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English
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Publisher
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City University of New York.
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Subject
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History, European | Recreation | Sociology, Social Structure and Development
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Abstract
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The dissertation examines the introduction, reception, and growth of sports in Germany from 1880 to 1936. it demonstrates how the German peoples' understanding of sports served as a barometer of their attitudes toward the rapidly changing character of German society and culture in the face of rapid industrialization and urbanization. The study considers the relationship between sports and economic modernization and urbanization, sports and developments in German science, sports and their reception by German intellectuals; and sports and their perceived political impacts. In all of these areas, struggles over sports and their meaning in German society manifested the dialectical, or binary, tensions in the society and culture as detected and examined in a number of classic studies by Ferdinand Tonnies, Fritz Stern, George Mosse, Peter Gay, and others. It is my contention that sports not only mirrored these binary tensions, but that advocates of sports and cultural theorists offered them as a possible antidote to transcend social and cultural tensions and secure a more healthy, vital, and cohesive society.
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Type
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dissertation
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Source
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PQT Legacy CUNY.xlsx
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degree
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Ph.D.
