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- Title
- The Spirit of the Game: How Sport Made the Modern World
- ISBN
- 184901504X
- EAN
- 9781849015042
- Type
- Hardback
- Binding
- Hardback
- Date of Publication
- 2012-01-19
- Publication Name
- N/A
- Release Title
- The Spirit of the Game: How Sport Made the Modern World
- Artist
- Bose, Mihir
- Brand
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- Colour
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- Publication Year
- 2012
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- The Spirit of the Game: How Sport Made the Modern World
- Item Height
- 234mm
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Genre
- Sports
- Item Width
- 153mm
- Item Weight
- 838g
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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The spirit of the game was first nurtured on the playing fields of the English public school, and in the pages of Tom Brown's Schooldays - this Corinthian spirit was then exported around the world. The competitive spirit, the importance of fairness, the nobility of the gifted amateur seemed to sum up everything that was good about Britishness and the games they played. Today, sport is dominated by corruption, money, celebrity and players who are willing to dive in the box if it wins them a penalty. Yet, we still believe and talk about the game as if it had a higher moral purpose. Since the age of Thomas Arnold, Sport has been used to glorify dictatorships and was at the heart of cold war diplomacy. Prime Ministers, princes and presidents will do whatever they can to ensure that their country holds a major sporting tournament. Nelson Mandela saw the victory of the Rugby World Cup as essential to his hopes for the Rainbow Nation. Mihir Bose has lived his life around sport and in this book he tells the story of how Sport has lost its original spirit and how it has emerged in the 20th century to become the most powerful political tool in the world. It is presented with examples and stories from around the world including how the sport-hating Thomas Arnold become an icon; how a German manufacturer gave Jessie Owens a pair of shoes at the Berlin games of 1936 and went on to dominate the world of sport; how India stole cricket from the ICC; how an Essex car dealer become the most powerful man in Formula 1; and, who really sold football out. Praise for Mihir Bose: Mihir Bose is India's CLR James . (Simon Barnes, The Times ). Mihir's insider knowledge is unsurpassed . (David Welch). His Olympic contacts are second to none. He knows everybody . (Sue Mott).
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Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
ISBN-13
9781849015042
eBay Product ID (ePID)
111626542
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Spirit of the Game: How Sport Made the Modern World
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Publication Year
2012
Genre
Sports
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
153mm
Item Weight
838g
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United Kingdom
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