KINES 446 Study Guide - Final Guide: John Cox Stevens, Olympic Games, Tom Cribb
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The modern sporting craze begins: the spread of western sports, 1850-1950 (1) the spread of urban-industrial civilization a. Spending time - rising standards of living and the consumption of leisure a. i. Economy expanding, rural cities, less poverty (china), people work less because of automations (machines), outsourcing from developing countries (cheap: urban architecture and play spaces- new technologies and sport b. i. Monuments dedicated to sports (stadiums) become the centers of cities, in newer cities stadiums are iconic: transportation and communication systems create modern mass culture. Radio and television (2) the origins of the world"s game : the flaw in the us governments plan to americanize the world through sport a. i. In the 1920s, la olympics, a few places where baseball flourished, american football wasn"t spreading (they were too late, the number one sport was already soccer: the spread of britain"s most enduring export b. i.
