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- catalog abstract ""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.".
- catalog contributor b11153607.
- catalog created "c1999.".
- catalog date "1999".
- catalog date "c1999.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1999.".
- catalog description ""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.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-299) and index.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog extent "xx, 315 p. :".
- catalog hasFormat "Power, politics, and the Olympic Games.".
- catalog identifier "0880119586".
- catalog isFormatOf "Power, politics, and the Olympic Games.".
- catalog issued "1999".
- catalog issued "c1999.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Champaign, IL : Human Kinetics,".
- catalog relation "Power, politics, and the Olympic Games.".
- catalog subject "796.48 21".
- catalog subject "Brundage, Avery.".
- catalog subject "GV721.5 .S443 1999".
- catalog subject "International Olympic Committee History.".
- catalog subject "Olympics Political aspects History.".
- catalog subject "Sports and state History.".
- catalog tableOfContents "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.".
- catalog title "Power, politics, and the Olympic Games / Alfred Erich Senn.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".