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Sports is a key cultural practice throughout the world that has evolved over the past century. This book seeks to enhance our understanding of global Olympic sporting culture through the publication of critically informed, interdisciplinary scholarship in history, sociology, cultural studies, political economy, international relations, and management. ... Read more

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Presents a brief history of the ancient and modern Olympic games. ... Read more

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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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Chapters: Sherden, Theogony, Sea Peoples, Ancient Olympic Games, Lelantine War, Dorian Invasion, History of the Greek Alphabet, Ancient Greek Dialects, Greek Dark Ages, Bryges, Works and Days, Amphictyonic League, Lemnian Language, First Sacred War, Dipylon Inscription, Denyen, Codrus, Fayum Alphabet, Iron Age Anatolia, Late Helladic Period. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 167. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The Sea Peoples is the term used for a confederacy of seafaring raiders of the second millennium BC who sailed into the eastern Mediterranean, caused political unrest, and attempted to enter or control Egyptian territory during the late 19th dynasty and especially during Year 8 of Ramesses III of the 20th Dynasty. The Egyptian Pharaoh Merneptah explicitly refers to them by the term "the foreign-countries (or 'peoples') of the sea" (Egyptian ) in his Great Karnak Inscription. Although some scholars believe that they invaded Cyprus, Hatti and the Levant, this hypothesis is disputed. The Late Bronze Age in the Aegean was characterized by the raiding of migratory peoples and their subsequent resettlement. The identity of the Sea Peoples has remained enigmatic to modern scholars, who have only the scattered records of ancient civilizations and archaeological analysis to inform them. Evidence shows that the identities and motives of these peoples were not unknown to the Egyptians. In fact, many had been subordinate to the Egyptians or in a diplomatic relationship with them for at least as long as the few centuries covered by the records. Some groups were not included in the Egyptian list of Sea Peoples, as they operated primarily on land. Among them were the 'prw (Habiru) of Egyptian inscriptions, or 'apiru of cuneiform ("bandits"). Sandars uses the analogous name "land peoples." ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=324954 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Pierre Frédy, Baron de Coubertin (1 January 1863 ? 2 September 1937) was a French pedagogue and historian, founder of the International Olympic Committee, and considered father of the modern Olympic Games. Born into a French aristocratic family, he became an academic and studies a broad range of topics, most notably education and history.Pierre Frédy was born in Paris on January 1, 1863 into an established aristocratic family.He was the fourth child of Baron Charles Louis Frédy, Baron de Coubertin and Agathe-Gabrielle de Mirville. Family tradition held that the Frédy name had first arrived in France in the early 1400s, and the first recorded title of nobility granted to the family was given by Louis XI to an ancestor, also named Pierre de Frédy, in 1477. ... Read more