Hungary As a Sport Superpower : Football from Horthy to Kádár (1924-1960).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Venuti, Lorenzo.

Series:

RERIS Studies in International Sport Relations Series

RERIS Studies in International Sport Relations Series ; v.3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Soccer.

Sports--Hungary.

Sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (332 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Basel/Berlin/Boston : Walter de Gruyter GmbH, 2024.

Summary:

The RERIS Studies in International Sport Relations series publishes books that explore interconnectivity between several actors (people, organizations and/or states) at the international level. It aims to showcase works (individual or collective) that use new critical methodologies, sources from a variety of different languages, and topics that challenge Euro-American-centrism and assumptions about gender in global sport.

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgments

Foreword by Fabien Archambault

Contents

Abbreviations and Acronyms

Table of Toponyms

General Introduction

Part 1: Interwar Years and World War II (1924-1945)

Introduction: Football along the Danube

Chapter 1 Football in the Admiral's Country (1924-1927)

Chapter 2 Sport and Revisionism (1928 -1938)

Chapter 3 A New Spirit for Hungarian Football (1939 -1944)

Interim Conclusion

Part Two: People's Republic (1945- 1960)

Introduction: People's Republic (1945- 1960)

Chapter 4 A Fragile Democracy: Football Before the People's Republic (1945 - 1948)

Chapter 5 The Most Beautiful Product Of Socialism (1948 -1954)

Chapter 6 The End of the Mighty Magyars (1955- 1960)

Conclusion: A Multifaceted Bloc

Bibliography

Index.

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ISBN:

9783111137414

3111137414

OCLC:

1439595626