Sport and physical culture in Occupied France examines the Vichy state’s attempts to promote physical education and sports in order to rejuvenate French men a

This unique and comprehensive collection brings together material from leading German scholars to examine the role of sport and PE in Germany from a range of hi

This edited volume gathers together studies examining various aspects of physical culture in literature written in French from Europe and around the Francophone

The Making of Les Bleus traces the Fifth Republic’s quest to create elite athletes in two global team sports, football and basketball, primarily at the youth

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