Routledge
Major Sporting Events: Beyond the Big Two
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- John Harris
- Routledge
- Paperback
- 9780367592585
- 9.5 X 6.8 X 0.5 inches
- 0.6 pounds
- Sports & Recreation > General
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
Sport has long been used as a tool for political gain and many major sporting events are now often framed as a panacea to help combat issues such as rising obesity rates, decreasing physical activity levels and wider urban decline. In reality though, fostering a temporary 'feel-good factor' is the most that many of these events can ever achieve even though a number are now sold on the popular rhetoric of legacy. Drawing upon a range of events and the work of international scholars from a variety of disciplinary backgrounds, this collection offers insights into the ways in which events outside of the big two are (re)positioned as part of the wider sporting landscape. The chapters originally published as a special issue in Sport in Society.
Author Bio
Originally from Northern Ireland, John Harris immigrated to the United States in 2009. He earned a Ph.D. in History from Johns Hopkins University and is currently McDonald-Boswell Assistant Professor of History at Erskine College. A specialist in 19th century U.S. History and slavery, Harris’s first book is titled The Last Slave Ships: New York and the End of the Middle Passage (Yale University Press, 2020).
Source: History Summit
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