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The Olympics, a history of the modern games
- Title
- The Olympics, a history of the modern games / Allen Guttmann.
- Author
- Guttmann, Allen.
- Publication
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2002.
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Details
- Description
- x, 214 p., [32] p. of plates : ill.; 24 cm.
- Series Statement
- Illinois history of sports
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-202) and index.
- 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.
- Call Number
- JFE 02-8647
- ISBN
- 0252027256 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0252070461 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2001041383
- OCLC
- 47176993
- Author
- Guttmann, Allen.
- Title
- The Olympics, a history of the modern games / Allen Guttmann.
- Imprint
- Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c2002.
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Series
- Illinois history of sports
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [197]-202) and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFE 02-8647