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Author : David C. Young
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002-04
Category : History
ISBN : 0801872073
Coubertin's main contribution to the founding of the modern Olympics was the zeal he brought to transforming an idea that had evolved over decades into the reality of Olympiad I and all the Olympic Games held thereafter.
Author : Richard D. Mandell
Publisher : Blacktoad Publishing
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780957059108
Author : Allen Guttmann
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0252070461
Traces the history of the modern Olympics from 1896 to 2000, contrasting the ideal of the game with the often politicized reality.
Author : Kristine Toohey
Publisher : CABI
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2007-11-08
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781845933555
This 2nd edition of a highly successful book (published in 2000) provides a comprehensive, critical analysis of the Olympic Games using a multi-disciplinary social science approach. This revised edition contains much new data relating to the Sydney 2000 Games and their aftermath; and preparations for Athens 2004 and Beijing 2008 Games. The book is broad-ranging and independent in its coverage, and includes the use of drugs, sex testing, accusations of power abuse among members of the IOC, the Games as a stage for political protest, media-related controversies, economic costs and benefits of the Games and historical conflicts between organizers and host communities.
Author : Vassil Girginov,Jim Parry,S. Jim Parry
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0415346045
This new student textbook explores the history and meaning of the modern Olympic Games, providing a comprehensive overview of 'Olympism' from the Ancient Greeks origins through to the beginnings of the International Olympic Committee.
Author : David C. Young
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9780470777756
For more than a millennium, the ancient Olympics captured the imaginations of the Greeks, until a Christianized Rome terminated the competitions in the fourth century AD. But the Olympic ideal did not die and this book is a succinct history of the ancient Olympics and their modern resurgence. Classics professor David Young, who has researched the subject for over 25 years, reveals how the ancient Olympics evolved from modest beginnings into a grand festival, attracting hundreds of highly trained athletes, tens of thousands of spectators, and the finest artists and poets.
Author : David Goldblatt
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-26
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780393254112
“A people’s history of the Olympics.”—New York Times Book Review A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year The Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt’s sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history from the reinvention of the Games in Athens in 1896 to Rio in 2016, revealing how the Olympics developed into a global colossus and highlighting how they have been buffeted by (and affected by) domestic and international conflicts. Along the way, Goldblatt reveals the origins of beloved Olympic traditions (winners’ medals, the torch relay, the eternal flame) and popular events (gymnastics, alpine skiing, the marathon). And he delivers memorable portraits of Olympic icons from Jesse Owens to Nadia Comaneci, the Dream Team to Usain Bolt.
Author : Michael Llewellyn Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Olympic Games
ISBN : 1861977093
A rich and entertaining work of history, Olympics in Athens 1896 brings together the following intriguing strands: the rise of amateur athletics in competing countries, each with its own particular stamp; the enormous interest aroused by the excavation of ancient Olympia, the site of the ancient Games; the determination of the eccentric French aristocrat Baron Pierre de Coubertin to embody the amateur athletic ideal in a revival of the Games; and a perception by politicians and the Greek royal family that hosting Coubertin's Games could help to put the young Greek state on the European map.
Author : Heather L. Reid,Michael W. Austin
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2012-07-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780813140711
It is said the champions of the ancient Olympic Games received a crown of olive leaves, symbolizing a divine blessing from Nike, the winged goddess of victory. While the mythology of the ancient games has come to exemplify the highest political, religious, community, and individual ideals of the time, the modern Olympic Games, by comparison, are widely known as an international, bi-annual sporting event where champions have the potential to earn not only glory for their country, but lucrative endorsement deals and the perks of worldwide fame. The Olympics and Philosophy examines the Olympic Movement from a variety of theoretical perspectives to uncover the connection between athleticism and philosophy for a deeper appreciation of the Olympic Pillars of Sport, Environment, and Culture. While today's Olympic champions are neither blessed by the gods nor rewarded with wreaths of olive, the original spirit and ancient ideals of the Olympic Movement endure in its modern embodiment. Editors Heather L. Reid and Michael W. Austin have assembled a team of international scholars to explore topics such as the concept of excellence, ethics, doping, gender, and race. Interweaving ancient and modern Olympic traditions, The Olympics and Philosophy considers the philosophical implications of the Games' intersection with historical events and modern controversy in a unique analysis of tradition and the future of the Olympiad.
Author : Haydn Middleton
Publisher : Heinemann Educational Books
Page : 40 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2003-09
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1403446776
Provides an overview of the modern Olympics that began again in 1896, describing some of the competitive events, looking at how host cities are chosen, profiling various modern Olympic champions, and more.
Author : Gerald P. Schaus,Stephen R. Wenn
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-02
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781554587797
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 such massive athletic festivals, and examine the participation ,or the troubling lack of it, by women. Onward to the Olympics 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.
Author : Tim Abrahams
Publisher : Machine Books
Page : 35 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
This is the first in a series of essays that considers the artefacts produced by the modern Olympic movement as artefacts worthy of analysis on their own terms. It is the first in a series of ten such analyses which consider the material production of all the Olympics going back to the late 19th century. The essays consider different typologies in an attempt chart the progress of the Olympics and vitally to account for its enduring popularity. Vitally it considers material production as a means of understanding how those hosting and participating in the Olympics have understood and interpreted the Games and used them for their own ends.
Author : Richard Tames
Publisher : Heinemann Library
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1575720353
Presents a history of the Olympics since its revival in the nineteenth century including information on athletes, events, host cities, and the ceremonies.
Author : Carole Wilkinson
Publisher : Black Dog Books
Page : 150 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Olympics
ISBN : 1742032222
"The games. It is why we are transfixed by the Olympic Games every four years. The runner who hitched a lift in the marathon. The wrestling match that lasted twelve hours. The men and women who reflect the best and worst in all of us. The funny, bizarre and touching moments that people are still talking about. These are the highs and lows of the modern Olympics."--Back cover.
Author : John J. MacAloon
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 0226500012
Traces the life of Pierre de Coubertin, describes his contributions to the establishment of the modern Olympics, and portrays the early history of the Olympic games