Kayser Nielsen, Niels. <br/><br/>
Body, sport and society in Norden :  essays in cultural history / 
by Niels Kayser Nielsen. 
 - 180 pages ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/> Body and enlightenment in late 18th century Denmark --  Discipline and nationalism : body, sport and culture in 19th century Denmark --  Decadence and vitality : sport and the collective mentality around 1900 --  Painting the new body : four Nordic artists 1900-1914 --  The "sunshine Olympics" : Stockholm 1912 --  Nordic track and field in the interwar years : a comparison --  Handball in rural Denmark in the 1930s --  Sport at the front : football and nation in Finland during the Second World War --  Sport and space in the Nordic world --  Lutherans, conformists, social democrats - and athletes. 
<br/><br/> "It has been said that democratic populism is Scandinavia's gift to the modern world. But the critical role that sport has played in the development of this particular form of society has gone largely unremarked. In these ten essays, Niels Kayser Nielsen analyses how the growth of physical culture in the region has both reflected and contributed to the parallel rise of Scandinavian nationalism during the last two hundred years."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>8779341772 9788779341777 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sports--Social aspects--History.--Scandinavia
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV625  / .K39 2005 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>306.4830948