Power, politics, and the Olympic Games / Alfred Erich Senn.
- Title
- Power, politics, and the Olympic Games / Alfred Erich Senn.
- Published by
- Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics, c1999.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xx, 315 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Power, Politics, and the Olympic Games chronicles the influential individuals, groups, and events that have shaped the Olympics since the modern Games began in 1896. This insightful and highly readable work offers a critical, historical perspective of the political and social controversies that have surrounded the world's greatest sports spectacle."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Contents
- The formative years. The Olympic family ; Coubertin's creation ; Starting anew ; The Berlin games -- The Brundage era. Another war ; Entry of the Soviets ; The Cold War arena ; The idealist at the helm ; The issue of political discrimination ; Brundage's troubled last term -- "Opening" the games. Seeking the Lee ; Boycott! ; ... and again! ; Reconstructing the Olympic edifice ; The last Cold War games ; The collapse of the Soviet Union ; The capitalist centennial games ; From Atlanta to Nagano ; Entering the 21st century.
- Owning institution
- Harvard Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-299) and index.
- Processing action (note)
- committed to retain