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This history of Soviet sport starts before the Revolution and comes up to 1991, focusing on three major spectator attractions: soccer, hockey and basketball.
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About the Author: A former sportswriter and radio announcer, Robert Edelman teaches Russian history at the University of California, San Diego. He is the author of numerous books and articles on pre-revolutionary Russian politics and Soviet popular culture. He has been travelling to Russia and watching games there since 1965.
Robert Edelman teaches Russian history at the University of California, San Diego.
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1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; xvi, 286 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-276) and index. Contents; 1. Socialism and Spectator Sports -- 2. The Search for a Mode -- 3. The Emergence of Modern Spectator Sports -- 4. Internationalism and High Stalinism -- 5. Professionals and Amateurs -- International Competition -- 6. Entertainment in the Age of Soviet Normalcy -- 7. Perestroika and Professionalism (1985-1991) -- 8. Bread or Circuses? Choose One! Subjects; Sports Soviet Union History. Sports and state Soviet Union. Sport. Soviet Union. 1 Kg. Seller Inventory # 426066
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