Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVolume VII
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World HistoryProduction, Destruction, and Connection, 1750–Present
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Social developments
- Part II Culture and Connections
- 6 Department stores and the commodification of culture: artful marketing in a globalizing world
- 7 Religion after 1750
- 8 Science since 1750
- 9 Music on the move, as object, as commodity
- 10 Sport since 1750
- 11 World cinema
- Part III Moments
- Part IV Ligaments of Globalization
- Index
- References
10 - Sport since 1750
from Part II - Culture and Connections
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 May 2015
Book contents
- The Cambridge World HistoryVolume VII
- The Cambridge World History
- The Cambridge World HistoryProduction, Destruction, and Connection, 1750–Present
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Maps
- Tables
- Contributors
- Preface
- Part I Social developments
- Part II Culture and Connections
- 6 Department stores and the commodification of culture: artful marketing in a globalizing world
- 7 Religion after 1750
- 8 Science since 1750
- 9 Music on the move, as object, as commodity
- 10 Sport since 1750
- 11 World cinema
- Part III Moments
- Part IV Ligaments of Globalization
- Index
- References
Summary
The new sport organizations were part of a much larger phenomenon: in the second half of the nineteenth century, voluntary associations moved like wildfire around the planet, jumping from continent to continent within only a few years even when travel could take weeks or even months. Physical education emerged as a professional field in the 1880s, and its practitioners used classicism to legitimize their craft, claiming that mens sana in corpore sano was an ancient Greek ideal. German gymnastics were preferred in military schools worldwide, modeled after the admired Prussian military. British sports were preferred in schools modeled after the British public schools that prepared young men for capitalism and colonial service. The commercialization of soccer and the huge global audience ultimately made Fédération Internationale de Football the only sport organization with enough wealth and power to rival the International Olympic Committee (IOC). In 1988 the IOC finally opened up the Olympics to professional athletes.
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