The Resource The Games : a global history of the Olympics, David Goldblatt
The Games : a global history of the Olympics, David Goldblatt
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The item The Games : a global history of the Olympics, David Goldblatt represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Austin Public Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
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- Summary
- Goldblatt describes the reinvention and modern history of the Olympic Games, from its rebirth in 1896 Athens to the present. He highlights all the classic moments of highest achievement, while also going behind the medal counts to tell how women fought to be included in the Olympics on equal terms; how the wounded of World War II led to the Paralympics; and how the Olympics reflect changing attitudes to race and ethnicity
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 516 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "First published in the U.K. by Macmillan Publishers International Limited"--Title-page verso
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780393292770
- Label
- The Games : a global history of the Olympics
- Title
- The Games
- Title remainder
- a global history of the Olympics
- Statement of responsibility
- David Goldblatt
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Goldblatt describes the reinvention and modern history of the Olympic Games, from its rebirth in 1896 Athens to the present. He highlights all the classic moments of highest achievement, while also going behind the medal counts to tell how women fought to be included in the Olympics on equal terms; how the wounded of World War II led to the Paralympics; and how the Olympics reflect changing attitudes to race and ethnicity
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- 10516174
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- 1965-
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- Goldblatt, David
- Dewey number
- 796.4809
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- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
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- Olympics
- Olympics
- HISTORY / Social History
- SPORTS & RECREATION / Olympics & Paralympics
- SPORTS & RECREATION / Sociology of Sports
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- a global history of the Olympics
- Label
- The Games : a global history of the Olympics, David Goldblatt
- Note
- "First published in the U.K. by Macmillan Publishers International Limited"--Title-page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-490) and index
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- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 1610966
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 516 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393292770
- Lccn
- 2016022203
- Media category
- unmediated
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- Other control number
- 99968203208
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780393292770
- (OCoLC)921868930
- Label
- The Games : a global history of the Olympics, David Goldblatt
- Note
- "First published in the U.K. by Macmillan Publishers International Limited"--Title-page verso
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-490) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- still image
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- Contents
- 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
- Control code
- 1610966
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- 516 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780393292770
- Lccn
- 2016022203
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other control number
- 99968203208
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780393292770
- (OCoLC)921868930
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