Training Socialist Citizens : Sports and the State in East Germany.

By: Johnson, Molly WilkinsonContributor(s): Johnson, Molly WMaterial type: TextTextSeries: Studies in Central European Histories, 44Publisher: Boston : BRILL, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Description: 1 online resource (248 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789047443407Subject(s): Socialism and sports -- Germany (East) | Sports -- Germany (East) | Sports and state -- Germany (East)Genre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Training Socialist Citizens : Sports and the State in East GermanyDDC classification: 796.09431 LOC classification: GV612.6 -- .J64 2008ebOnline resources: Click to View
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Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One Between German Tradition and Soviet Hegemony: The Postwar Reconstruction of Sports -- Chapter Two Training New Socialist Citizens through Sports -- Chapter Three Voluntary Campaigns and Socialist Society -- Chapter Four The Embodiment of East German Socialism: The Gymnastics and Sports Festivals -- Chapter Five Socialist Spectatorship: The Friedensfahrt and Champion Täve Schur -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Drawing on archival, published, and oral history sources, this book analyzes the successes and limitations encountered by the East German state as it used participatory sports programs, sports festivals, and sports spectatorship to transform its population into new socialist citizens.
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Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Chapter One Between German Tradition and Soviet Hegemony: The Postwar Reconstruction of Sports -- Chapter Two Training New Socialist Citizens through Sports -- Chapter Three Voluntary Campaigns and Socialist Society -- Chapter Four The Embodiment of East German Socialism: The Gymnastics and Sports Festivals -- Chapter Five Socialist Spectatorship: The Friedensfahrt and Champion Täve Schur -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index.

Drawing on archival, published, and oral history sources, this book analyzes the successes and limitations encountered by the East German state as it used participatory sports programs, sports festivals, and sports spectatorship to transform its population into new socialist citizens.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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