Training socialist citizens : sports and the state in East Germany /

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Author / Creator:Johnson, Molly Wilkinson.
Imprint:Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.
Description:1 online resource (xiv, 232 pages)
Language:English
Series:Studies in Central European histories, 1547-1217 ; v. 44
Studies in Central European histories ; v. 44.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11202691
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ISBN:9789047443407
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9789004169579
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9781282399600
9789004169579
9786612399602
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 211-225) and index.
English.
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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.
Other form:Print version: Johnson, Molly Wilkinson. Training socialist citizens. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008 9789004169579
Standard no.:10.1163/ej.9789004169579.i-234