The Sport Communities: Associationism and Cultural of Free Time in the City of Santiago de Cuba (1902-1930)

Abstract

Since the end of XVIII century a movement associated had been developed mainly with the european countries such as: England, France and Spain. Cuba was also included in this movement. The city of Stgo de Cuba was inserted through the creation of various communities among which we can find the sport community due to the appearance of the first manifestations of the modern sports –as a result of the european inmigration. This could be appreciated through the trips to U.S. and the appearance of new likes for free time of the upper class. From the perspective of sociability arises the idea of this research is to analyze the performance of sports societies as promoters of leisure culture, within the associative process developed in the city of Santiago de Cuba during the period 1902-1930.