Title: The story of worker sport /
Authors: Krüger, Arnd.; Riordan, James, 1936-; Riordan, James, 1936-2012
Publisher: Human Kinetice,
Year: 1996
Subjects: Sports Social aspects History; Socialism and sports.; Working class Recreation History
Abstract: "Collection of chapters, translated from the writings of sports scholars and historians who are natives of the countries in which worker sport played an important role"--Preface.
Contents: The German way of worker sport / Arnd Krüger -- The worker sport movement in France / William Murray -- Worker sport within a worker state : the Soviet Union / James Riordan -- TUL : the Finnish worker sport movement / Leena Laine -- Austria : "new times are with us" / Reinhard Krammer -- The British Workers' Sports Federation : 1923-1935 / Stephen Jones -- A vital period in Swedish worker sport : 1919-1936 / Rolf Pålbrant -- Landmarks in the history of Norwegian worker sport / Gerd von der Lippe -- Worker sport in the New World : the Canadian story / Bruce Kidd -- Hapoel : Israel's worker sport organisation / Uriel Simri -- Appendix A. The two international worker sport organisations : Socialist Worker Sports International and Red Sport International / Franz Nitsch -- Appendix B. Worker sport around the world / Arnd Krüger.