Author: Michael Llewellyn Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781861977090
Category : Olympic Games
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A rich and entertaining work of history, Olympics in Athens 1896 brings together the following intriguing strands: the rise of amateur athletics in competing countries, each with its own particular stamp; the enormous interest aroused by the excavation of ancient Olympia, the site of the ancient Games; the determination of the eccentric French aristocrat Baron Pierre de Coubertin to embody the amateur athletic ideal in a revival of the Games; and a perception by politicians and the Greek royal family that hosting Coubertin's Games could help to put the young Greek state on the European map.
Olympics in Athens 1896
Author: Michael Llewellyn Smith
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781861977090
Category : Olympic Games
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A rich and entertaining work of history, Olympics in Athens 1896 brings together the following intriguing strands: the rise of amateur athletics in competing countries, each with its own particular stamp; the enormous interest aroused by the excavation of ancient Olympia, the site of the ancient Games; the determination of the eccentric French aristocrat Baron Pierre de Coubertin to embody the amateur athletic ideal in a revival of the Games; and a perception by politicians and the Greek royal family that hosting Coubertin's Games could help to put the young Greek state on the European map.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781861977090
Category : Olympic Games
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A rich and entertaining work of history, Olympics in Athens 1896 brings together the following intriguing strands: the rise of amateur athletics in competing countries, each with its own particular stamp; the enormous interest aroused by the excavation of ancient Olympia, the site of the ancient Games; the determination of the eccentric French aristocrat Baron Pierre de Coubertin to embody the amateur athletic ideal in a revival of the Games; and a perception by politicians and the Greek royal family that hosting Coubertin's Games could help to put the young Greek state on the European map.
The First Modern Olympics
Author: Richard D. Mandell
Publisher: Blacktoad Publishing
ISBN: 0957059108
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Publisher: Blacktoad Publishing
ISBN: 0957059108
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Modern Olympic Games
Author: Haydn Middleton
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780431191652
Category : Olympics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Which Winter Games were held on imported snow? Which golfer walked to the medal ceremony on his hands? Will BMX biking ever be an Olympic sport? Find the answers to these questions and more as you read about the Games as we know them today, including the Paralympics and the difficult process of choosing host cities.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780431191652
Category : Olympics
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Which Winter Games were held on imported snow? Which golfer walked to the medal ceremony on his hands? Will BMX biking ever be an Olympic sport? Find the answers to these questions and more as you read about the Games as we know them today, including the Paralympics and the difficult process of choosing host cities.
Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement
Author: John E. Findling
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 9780275976590
Category : Jeux olympiques - Histoire - Encyclopédies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This unique book provides information on the events surrounding the Olympics, such as political controversies, scandals, tragedies, economic issues, and peripheral incidents.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 9780275976590
Category : Jeux olympiques - Histoire - Encyclopédies
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This unique book provides information on the events surrounding the Olympics, such as political controversies, scandals, tragedies, economic issues, and peripheral incidents.
The Olympic Games Explained
Author: Vassil Girginov
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415346047
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This new student textbook explores the history and meaning of the modern Olympic Games, providing a comprehensive overview of 'Olympism' from the Ancient Greeks origins through to the beginnings of the International Olympic Committee.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415346047
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This new student textbook explores the history and meaning of the modern Olympic Games, providing a comprehensive overview of 'Olympism' from the Ancient Greeks origins through to the beginnings of the International Olympic Committee.
The Olympics
Author: Allen Guttmann
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252070464
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Traces the history of the modern Olympics from 1896 to 2000, contrasting the ideal of the game with the often politicized reality.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252070464
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 254
Book Description
Traces the history of the modern Olympics from 1896 to 2000, contrasting the ideal of the game with the often politicized reality.
The Olympic Games Explained
Author: Vassil Girginov
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415346030
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This student textbook explores the history and meaning of the modern Olympic Games, providing a comprehensive overview of 'Olympism' from the Ancient Greeks origins through to the beginnings of the International Olympic Committee.
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415346030
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
This student textbook explores the history and meaning of the modern Olympic Games, providing a comprehensive overview of 'Olympism' from the Ancient Greeks origins through to the beginnings of the International Olympic Committee.
Language Policy and Planning for the Modern Olympic Games
Author: Jie Zhang
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 1501500473
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This book is the first longitudinal study that addresses language policy and planning in the context of a major international sporting event and examines the ideological, political, social, cultural, and economic effects of such context-specific policy initiatives on contemporary China. The book has important reference value for future research on language management at the supernational level and language services for linguistically complex events. At the same time, it presents some broader implications for current and future language policy makers, language educators and learners, particularly from non-English speaking backgrounds. Foreword by Ingrid Piller
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN: 1501500473
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
This book is the first longitudinal study that addresses language policy and planning in the context of a major international sporting event and examines the ideological, political, social, cultural, and economic effects of such context-specific policy initiatives on contemporary China. The book has important reference value for future research on language management at the supernational level and language services for linguistically complex events. At the same time, it presents some broader implications for current and future language policy makers, language educators and learners, particularly from non-English speaking backgrounds. Foreword by Ingrid Piller
The Games: A Global History of the Olympics
Author: David Goldblatt
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393254119
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 755
Book Description
“A people’s history of the Olympics.”—New York Times Book Review A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year The Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt’s sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history from the reinvention of the Games in Athens in 1896 to Rio in 2016, revealing how the Olympics developed into a global colossus and highlighting how they have been buffeted by (and affected by) domestic and international conflicts. Along the way, Goldblatt reveals the origins of beloved Olympic traditions (winners’ medals, the torch relay, the eternal flame) and popular events (gymnastics, alpine skiing, the marathon). And he delivers memorable portraits of Olympic icons from Jesse Owens to Nadia Comaneci, the Dream Team to Usain Bolt.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
ISBN: 0393254119
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 755
Book Description
“A people’s history of the Olympics.”—New York Times Book Review A Boston Globe Best Book of the Year A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year The Games is best-selling sportswriter David Goldblatt’s sweeping, definitive history of the modern Olympics. Goldblatt brilliantly traces their history from the reinvention of the Games in Athens in 1896 to Rio in 2016, revealing how the Olympics developed into a global colossus and highlighting how they have been buffeted by (and affected by) domestic and international conflicts. Along the way, Goldblatt reveals the origins of beloved Olympic traditions (winners’ medals, the torch relay, the eternal flame) and popular events (gymnastics, alpine skiing, the marathon). And he delivers memorable portraits of Olympic icons from Jesse Owens to Nadia Comaneci, the Dream Team to Usain Bolt.
The Modern Olympics
Author: David C. Young
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801872075
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Coubertin's main contribution to the founding of the modern Olympics was the zeal he brought to transforming an idea that had evolved over decades into the reality of Olympiad I and all the Olympic Games held thereafter.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 9780801872075
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Coubertin's main contribution to the founding of the modern Olympics was the zeal he brought to transforming an idea that had evolved over decades into the reality of Olympiad I and all the Olympic Games held thereafter.