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1 online resource (xxvii, 376 pages) : illustrations |
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Publications of the Canadian Institute in Greece = Publications de l'Institut canadien en Grèce ; no. 5 |
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Publications of the Canadian Institute in Greece ; no. 5.
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Introduction / Gerald P. Schaus -- Part I. The Olympics in antiquity -- The ancient Olympic games through the centuries / Nigel B. Crowther -- Origins. Politics and the Bronze Age origins of Olympic practices / Senta C. German -- Pindar, Heracles the Idaean Dactyl, and the foundation of the Olympic games / Thomas K. Hubbard -- The first Olympic games / Max Nelson -- The transformation of athletics in sixth-century Greece / Paul Christesen -- Ideals and losers. The ancient Olympics and their ideals / Nigel B. Crowther -- Olympic losers : why athletes who did not win at Olympia are remembered / Victor Matthews -- Details of the festival. Judges and judging at the ancient Olympic games / David Gilman Romano -- Heroic and athletic sortition at ancient Olympia / Aileen Ajootian -- Fabulous females and ancient Olympia / Donald G. Kyle -- The Halma : a running or standing jump? / Hugh M. Lee -- Another view of Olympia. Connections between Olympia and Stymphalus / Gerald P. Schaus -- Commemorative cash : the coins of the ancient and modern Olympics / Robert Weir -- Part II. The modern Olympics -- The Olympic games in modern times / Robert K. Barney -- The Olympics before World War II. Duke Kahanamoku, Olympic champion and Uncle Sam's adopted son : the cultural context of a Hawaiian conqueror / Jim Nendel -- Carl Diem's inspiration for the torch relay? Jan Wils, Amsterdam 1928, and the origin of the Olympic flame / Robert K. Barney and Anthony Th. Bijkerk -- The great progression : a content analysis of the Lake Placid News and the Los Angeles Times' treatment of the 1932 Olympics / Jonathan Paul -- The Olympics after World War II. Womanizing Olympic athletes : policy and practice during the Avery Brundage era / Kevin B. Wamsley -- The bridge to change : the 1976 Montreal Olympic games, South African apartheid policy, and the Olympic boycott paradigm / Courtney W. Mason |
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Splitting hairs : the struggle between the Canadian Federal government and the Organizing Committee of the 1976 Torontolympiad concerning South African participation / David A. Greig -- Juan Antonio Samaranch's score sheet : revenue generation and the Olympic Movement, 1980-2002 / Stephen R. Wenn and Scott G. Martyn -- The future of the Olympic games. Olympic ideals : pragmatic method and the future of the games / Tim Elcombe -- "To construct a better and more peaceful world" or "War minus the shooting?" : the Olympic Movement's second century / Mark Dyreson -- Glossary of terms |
| Summary |
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 these massive athletic festivals, and examine the participation, or the troubling lack of it, by women. [This book] 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.--Back cover |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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Print version record |
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Olympic games (Ancient) -- History
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Olympics -- History
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GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
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Olympic games (Ancient)
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Olympics
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Olympische Spelen.
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Jeux olympiques -- Histoire.
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Jeux olympiques antiques -- Histoire.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books
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History
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Wenn, Stephen R. (Stephen Robert), 1964-
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Schaus, Gerald P., 1950-
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| ISBN |
155458129X |
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9781554581290 |
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9780889205055 |
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0889205051 |
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