Gymnastics and politics : Niels Bukh and male aesthetics / Hans Bonde

Author:: Bonde, Hans
Uniform Title:: Niels Bukh. English
Additional Titles:: DVD-VIDEO entitled: Niels Bukh : a visual documentation on gymnastics and politics 1912-1952
Published:: Copenhagen : Museum Tusculanum Press, University of Copenhagen, 2006.
Physical Description:: 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm + 1 videodisc (122 mins : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.)

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Language Note:

DVD-VIDEO in Danish, English and Japanese.

Contents:

From country boy to national symbol (1880-1930) -- The world tour (1931) -- The Nazi awakening (1933-1934) -- A new Olympia? (1935) -- Cooperation with Germany (1936-1938) -- New continents (1938-1939) -- German occupation (1940-1945) -- After the war (1945-1950) -- Sport and politics -- A man and his time.

Subject(s):

Bukh, Niels, 1880-1950
Gymnasts—Denmark—Biography
Gymnastics—Political aspects—Denmark—History—20th century
National socialism and sports—Denmark—History

ISBN:

8772898275
9788772898278

Collection:

Ronald A. Smith Sports History Book Collection.

Note:

Translation: Simon R. Frost.
"The point of departure for this work is my doctoral thesis on Niels Bukh, published in two volumes, in Danish, by the publishers for the University of Copenhagen, Museum Tusculanum Press, in 2001"--Preface.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 342-348).

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