The games: a global history of the Olympics
(Book)
The definitive sports and social history of the modern Olympic Games--by one of the most celebrated sportswriters of our time. In The Games Goldblatt delivers a magisterial history of the biggest sporting event of them all: the Olympics. He tells the epic story of the Games from their reinvention in Athens in 1896 to the present day, chronicling classic moments of sporting achievement from Jesse Owens to Nadia Comăneci, the Miracle on Ice to Usain Bolt. He goes beyond the medal counts to explore how international conflicts have played out at the Olympics, including the role of the Games in Fascist Germany and Italy, the Cold War, and the struggles of the postcolonial world for recognition. He also tells the extraordinary story of how women fought to be included on equal terms, how the Paralympics started in the wake of World War II, and how the Olympics reflect changing attitudes to race and ethnicity.
Goldblatt, D. (2016). The games: a global history of the Olympics. First edition. New York, W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Goldblatt, David, 1965-. 2016. The Games: A Global History of the Olympics. New York, W. W. Norton & Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Goldblatt, David, 1965-, The Games: A Global History of the Olympics. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Goldblatt, David. The Games: A Global History of the Olympics. First edition. New York, W. W. Norton & Company, 2016.
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| 505 | 0 | |a This 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. | |
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