The Politics of the Olympic Games
Author: Richard Espy
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 1981-01-01
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9780520043954
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The Games: A Global History of the Olympics
Author: David Goldblatt
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2016-07-26
Total Pages: 464
ISBN-13: 0393254119
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →“A people’s history of the Olympics.”—New York Times Book Review A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year The Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt’s sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history from the reinvention of the Games in Athens in 1896 to Rio in 2016, revealing how the Olympics developed into a global colossus and highlighting how they have been buffeted by (and affected by) domestic and international conflicts. Along the way, Goldblatt reveals the origins of beloved Olympic traditions (winners’ medals, the torch relay, the eternal flame) and popular events (gymnastics, alpine skiing, the marathon). And he delivers memorable portraits of Olympic icons from Jesse Owens to Nadia Comaneci, the Dream Team to Usain Bolt.
Olympic Games as Performance and Public Event
Author: Arne Martin Klausen
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781571817068
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The History of the Olympic Games
Author: International Olympic Committee
Publisher: Hachette UK
Published: 2021-05-27
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1787397904
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Published in association with the International Olympic Committee, The History of the Olympic Games: Faster, Higher, Stronger brings the glorious story of the world's biggest sporting event to life. Featuring hundreds of stunning photographs from every iteration of the modern summer Games, as well as rare documents and memorabilia from the archives of the Olympic Museum in Lausanne, Switzerland, this is a celebration of sporting history like no other. From its humble beginnings under the auspices of Pierre de Coubertin to the modern extravaganza that has showcased legendary athletes such as Michael Phelps, Usain Bolt, Jesse Owens and many more, every edition of the Games is rendered here in fascinating detail, alongside rarely seen artworks and artefacts. Revised, updated and in an exciting new format, The History of the Olympic Games: Faster, Higher, Stronger is the definitive illustrated volume on the world's greatest sporting spectacle. Written with the full co-operation of the International Olympic Committee.
The Olympic Games
Author: Helen Jefferson Lenskyj
Publisher: Emerald Group Publishing
Published: 2020-04-15
Total Pages: 179
ISBN-13: 1838677755
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The 1904 Olympic Games
Author: Bill Mallon
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2015-07-11
Total Pages: 287
ISBN-13: 1476621608
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The 1904 Olympic Games in St. Louis were both unusual and controversial. One of the major problems for Olympic scholars has been to determine which of the events at these Games were truly of Olympic caliber. The Games were included as part of the World’s Fair, and every athletic contest that took place under the Fair’s auspices was deemed “Olympic.” These activities included croquet and water polo, high school and college championships in football and basketball, as well as the “Anthropology Days” events in which members of “primitive” “tribes” competed against one another. The author demonstrates, after great deliberation, that 16 events of the 21 overall were truly Olympic sports and gives descriptions, scores, and analyses for each (as well as for the five non–Olympic events). Appendices include literature relating to these games, lists of noncompeting foreign entrants, and a guide to all competitors.
The Olympics
Author: Allen Guttmann
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2002
Total Pages: 254
ISBN-13: 9780252070464
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Traces the history of the modern Olympics from 1896 to 2000, contrasting the ideal of the game with the often politicized reality.
The Olympic Games Effect
Author: John A. Davis
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2012-01-11
Total Pages: 284
ISBN-13: 1118171713
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Olympic Games
Author: Bernard L. Ungar
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2001-10
Total Pages: 102
ISBN-13: 9780756715014
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Info. on (1) the amount of Fed. funding and support provided to the 1984 and 1996 Summer Olympic Games (OG), and planned for the 2002 Winter OG, and the types of projects and activities that were funded and supported; and (2) the Fed. policies, legislative authorizations, and agency controls in place for providing the federal funds and support to the OG. Includes the evaluation of the 5 projects: development of the Ocoee Whitewater Rapids Slalom venue for the 1996 Summer OG; use of Fed. employees to provide security during the 1996 OG; payment of Atlanta Paralympic Organizing Comm. staff salaries; payment of Paralympic Games' opening ceremony entertainers costs; and vet. assist. during the Paralympic Games.
Power, Politics, and the Olympic Games
Author: Alfred Eric Senn
Publisher:
Published: 2018
Total Pages: 337
ISBN-13: 9781492575467
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