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61. Phoeenician Sport: Its Influence on the Origin of the Olympic Games by Labib Boutros | |
Paperback: 151
Pages
(1981-12)
list price: US$30.00 Isbn: 9070265133 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
62. Guinness Book of Olympics Facts and Feats by Stan Greenberg | |
Hardcover: 256
Pages
(1984-04)
list price: US$14.95 Isbn: 0851122736 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
63. The Nazi Olympics: Sport, Politics, and Appeasement in the 1930s | |
Hardcover: 280
Pages
(2003-05)
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Editorial Review Product Description The Nazi Olympics opens with an analysis of Germany's preparations for the Games and the attempts by the Nazi regime to allay the international concerns about Hitler's racist ideals and expansionist ambitions. Essays follow on the United States, Great Britain, and France -- three first-class Olympian nations with misgivings about participation -- as well as German ally Italy and future ally Japan. Other essays examine the issues at stake in Finland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, and the Netherlands, which opposed Hitler's politics, despite embodying his Aryan ideal. Challenging the view of sport as a trivial pursuit, this collection reveals exactly how high the political stakes were in 1936 and how the Nazi Olympics distilled many of the critical geopolitical issues of the time into a contest that was anything but trivial. |
64. The Olympics: Ancient Greek Olympics by Chris Oxlade | |
Paperback: 32
Pages
(2004-02-05)
list price: US$16.50 Isbn: 0431184291 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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65. Track and Field Record Holders: Profiles of the Men and Women Who Set World, Olympic and American Marks, 1946 Through 1995 by David Baldwin | |
Hardcover: 338
Pages
(1996-09)
list price: US$59.95 Isbn: 0786402490 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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66. Before the Eyes of the World: Mexico and the 1968 Olympic Games by Kevin B. Witherspoon | |
Hardcover: 224
Pages
(2008-07-01)
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A great "view" from the eyes of one who saw this event |
67. This Great Symbol: Pierre de Coubertin and the Origins of the Modern Olympic Games (Sport in the Global Society) by John J. Macaloon | |
Hardcover: 384
Pages
(2008-01-09)
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Editorial Review Product Description This Great Symbol is the definitive study of the origins of the modern Olympic Games and of their founder, Pierre de Coubertin, whose ideological stamp the Olympics still bear. Behind this fascinating blend of biography and history lies an impressive framework of cultural, social, and psychological theories skilfully employed to interpret the creation and symbolism of the modern Olympic Games. Hailed as both a classic in sport history and as a paradigmatic study in the anthropology of the past, This Great Symbol helped launch the new collaboration between historians and cultural anthropologists that continues to mark the human sciences worldwide. For this 25th anniversary edition, Professor MacAloon adds a new preface evaluating subsequent scholarship on Coubertin and the Olympic origins and a highly personal afterword describing the impact of This Great Symbol on his own subsequent career as an Olympic anthropologist and cultural performance theory. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport. |
68. The Olympic Games: Complete Track and Field Results 1896-1988 by Barry J. Hugman, Peter Arnold | |
Hardcover: 1
Pages
(1989-01)
list price: US$40.00 Isbn: 0816021201 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
69. Olympic Games in Transition by Jeffrey O. Segrave | |
Hardcover: 456
Pages
(1987-12)
list price: US$38.00 Isbn: 0873221117 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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70. Whitaker's Olympic Almanack: An Encyclopedia of the Olympic Games | |
Hardcover: 250
Pages
(2000-07-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description More than just simple historical accounts, the alphabetically arranged entries in this resource include anecdotes and stories about the personalities involved in the key events. |
71. Onward to the Olympics: Historical Perspectives on the Olympic Games | |
Hardcover: 408
Pages
(2007-02-09)
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Editorial Review Product Description The Olympic Games have had two lives—the first lasted for a millennium with celebrations every four years at Olympia to honour the god Zeus. The second has blossomed over the past century, from a simple start in Athens in 1896 to a dazzling return to Greece in 2004. Onward to the Olympics provides both an overview and an array of insights into aspects of the Games’ history. Leading North American archaeologists and historians of sport explore the origins of the Games, compare the ancient and the modern, discuss the organization and financing of such massive athletic festivals, and examine the participation ,or the troubling lack of it, by women. Onward to the Olympics bridges the historical divide between the ancient and the modern and concludes with a thought-provoking final essay that attempts to predict the future of the Olympics over the twenty-first century. |
72. The Olympic Games Being a Short History of the Olympic Movement From 1896 up to the Present Day... by Theodore Andrea Cook | |
Paperback: 232
Pages
(1908)
Asin: B002SPR4SG Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
73. Goofy Presents the Olympics: A Fun and Exciting History of the Olympics from the Ancient Games to Today by Walt Disney Productions | |
Hardcover: 120
Pages
(1980-01)
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Goofy shows you the sports of the ancient olympics and now. |
74. The Ancient Olympic Games by Judith Swaddling | |
Paperback: 112
Pages
(2000)
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Olympia & the Ancient Games If you are truly interested in the Ancient Olympic games, then I vow to you that this is the book to buy!!! The book is presented well and does not become dull from the start to the finish. thank you for your time ... Read more |
75. Olympic Games in Ancient Greece by Shirley Glubok | |
Library Binding: 116
Pages
(1976-08)
list price: US$16.89 Isbn: 0060220481 Canada | United Kingdom | Germany | France | Japan | |
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76. Black Olympian Medalists by James A. Page | |
Paperback: 190
Pages
(1991-11)
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77. The Olympic Games Miscellany by John White | |
Hardcover: 160
Pages
(2008-06-02)
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78. An Olympic Victor; A Story of the Modern Games | |
Paperback: 66
Pages
(2010-01-01)
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79. Exploration geologist, developer of Mt. Newman Mine, president and CEO of Kennecott, 1949-1996, chairman, 2002 Olympic Winter Games Committee: oral history transcript / 1997 by Günther Franz Joklik, C John Sullivan, D D. Brown | |
Paperback: 498
Pages
(2010-09-08)
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80. Jesse Owens, the Press, and the 1936 Berlin Olympic Games (Studies in African American History and Culture) by Pamela C. Laucella | |
Hardcover: 224
Pages
(2011-03-01)
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Editorial Review Product Description Jesse Owens secured his place as one of the most celebrated athletes of the twentieth-century after winning four gold medals at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin. This book examines the press coverage of the time, which helped to elevate Owens to such status. Pamela C. Laucella utilizes examples not just from the mainstream press, but also from the black and Communist press, and reveals critical differences in the tone, emphasis, and type of coverage. She offers exceptional insight into the potency of language and discourse in influencing readers’ perceptions of events and individuals and demonstrates how the press coverage of the 1930s continues to shape our understandings of Owens’ legacy. |
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