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Goldblatt, David, 1965-

The Games : a global history of the Olympics - First edition. - 516 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

"First published in the U.K. by Macmillan Publishers International Limited"--Title-page verso.

Includes bibliographical references (pages [447]-490) and index.

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 �Epoque -- 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 $29.95 0393292770

LCCN: 2016022203

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Olympics--History.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
History.

LC Class. No.: GV721.5 / .G615 2016

Dewey Class. No.: 796.4809