Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics

Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics

A timely, no-holds barred, critical political history of the modern Olympic Games

The Olympics have a checkered, sometimes scandalous, political history. Jules Boykoff, a former US Olympic team member, takes readers from the eventâ€™s nineteenth-century origins, through the Gamesâ€™ flirtation with Fascism, and into the contemporary era of corporate control. Along the way he recounts vibrant alt-Olympic movements, such as the Workersâ€™ Games and Womenâ€™s Games of the 1920s and 1930s as well as athlete-activists and political movements that stood up to challenge the Olympic machine.
Country USA
Brand Verso
Manufacturer Verso
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781784780722
Color Multicolor
ReleaseDate 2016-05-17
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9781784780722

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