The Olympics, a history of the modern games
Title:
The Olympics, a history of the modern games
Author:
Guttmann, Allen.
Personal Author:
Edition:
Second edition.
Publication Information:
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2002]
©2002
Physical Description:
x, 214 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language:
English
Contents:
The baron's dream -- Growing pains and increasing success -- The games reach maturity -- The most controversial Olympics -- Destruction and recovery -- In the shadow of the Cold War -- The era of (relative) good feelings -- Organizational strains -- A time of troubles -- The era of the boycott -- Calgary and Seoul, but not Pyongyang -- Juan Antonio Samaranch as CEO -- After the Cold War.
Subject Term:
ISBN:
9780252027253
9780252070464
Format :
Book
