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(Hardback)

By: Sheldon Anderson

ISBN: 9781442277557
Readership/Audience: General
Publication Date: Sep 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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Stella Walsh was a Polish-American Olympic track and field icon of the 1930s. When Walsh was murdered years after her track career had ended, the autopsy brought her sexand her legacyinto question. This first biography of Walsh reveals in detail her personal struggles, athletic triumphs, and tragic death.


(Hardback)

By: Sheldon Anderson

ISBN: 9781498517959
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Dec 2015
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This study examines the role of modern sports in constructing national identities and the way leaders have exploited sports to achieve domestic and foreign policy goals. It focuses on the development of national sporting cultures in Great Britain and the United States, how the rest of Europe and the world adopted or rejected their games, and the impact of sports on politics.


(Paperback)

By: Sheldon Anderson

ISBN: 9781498517973
Readership/Audience: Professional and Scholarly
Publication Date: Jul 2017
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
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This study examines the role of modern sports in constructing national identities and domestic and foreign policy. It focuses on the development of national sporting cultures in Great Britain and the United States, how the rest of Europe and the world adopted or rejected their games, and the impact of sports on politics.