Body, Sport and Society in Norden
Subtitle: Essays in Cultural History
Publisher: Aarhus Universitetsforlag
Published: November 30, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9788779341777
Subjects: Social History; Sports & Outdoor Recreation; Sports & Recreation; Sports; History
Description: "It has been said that democratic populism is Scandinavia's gift to the modern world. But the critical role that sport has played in the development of this particular form of society has gone largely unremarked. In these ten essays, Niels Kayser Nielsen analyses how the growth of physical culture in the region has both reflected and contributed to the parallel rise of Scandinavian nationalism during the last two hundred years."--BOOK JACKET.