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100 1 _aGoldblatt, David,
_d1965-
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe games :
_ba global history of the Olympics /
_cDavid Goldblatt.
250 _aFirst edition.
264 1 _aNew York :
_bW.W. Norton & Company,
_c[2016]
300 _a516 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aThis grandiose and salutary task : the reinvention of the Olympic Games -- All the fun of the fair : The Olympics at the end of the Belle Époque -- Not the only game in town : the Olympics and its challengers in the 1920s -- It's showtime! : the Olympics as spectacle -- Small was beautiful : the lost worlds of the post-War Olympics -- The image is still there : spectacle versus anti-spectacle at the Games -- Things fall apart : bankruptcy, boycotts, and the end of amateurism -- Boom! : the globalization of the Olympics after the Cold War -- Going south : the Olympics in the new world order.
520 _aA renowned sportswriter describes the reinvention and modern history of the Olympic Games, from its rebirth in 1896 Athens to the present, highlighting all the classic moments of highest achievement, including Jesse Owens, Nadia Comaneci, the Miracle on Ice and Usain Bolt. --Publisher's description.
520 _aGoldblatt describes the reinvention and modern history of the Olympic Games, from its rebirth in 1896 Athens to the present. He highlights all the classic moments of highest achievement, while also going behind the medal counts to tell how women fought to be included in the Olympics on equal terms; how the wounded of World War II led to the Paralympics; and how the Olympics reflect changing attitudes to race and ethnicity.
520 _a"The definitive sports and social history of the modern Olympic Games--by one of the most celebrated sportswriters of our time, "--NoveList.
650 0 _aOlympics
_xHistory.
650 1 _aGymnastics
_xHistory.
650 1 _aIce skating
_xHistory.
650 1 _aTennis
_xHistory.
650 7 _aHISTORY
_xSocial History.
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650 7 _aSPORTS & RECREATION
_xOlympics & Paralympics.
_2bisacsh
650 7 _aSPORTS & RECREATION
_xSociology of Sports.
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650 7 _aOlympics.
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650 7 _aOlympic games
_xHistory.
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655 4 _aHistory.
655 7 _aHistory.
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938 _aChildren's Plus, Inc.
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