Author: Chrös McDougall
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1098218744
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
This encyclopedia highlights more than 40 Olympic sports. Alongside both historic and recent photographs, readers will learn about the basics of each competition, its origin, how it has changed throughout the years, and the icons in each sport. In addition, this book provides information about the Paralympics. Features include a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Reference is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
The Olympics Encyclopedia
Author: Chrös McDougall
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1098218744
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
This encyclopedia highlights more than 40 Olympic sports. Alongside both historic and recent photographs, readers will learn about the basics of each competition, its origin, how it has changed throughout the years, and the icons in each sport. In addition, this book provides information about the Paralympics. Features include a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Reference is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
Publisher: ABDO
ISBN: 1098218744
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 195
Book Description
This encyclopedia highlights more than 40 Olympic sports. Alongside both historic and recent photographs, readers will learn about the basics of each competition, its origin, how it has changed throughout the years, and the icons in each sport. In addition, this book provides information about the Paralympics. Features include a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Abdo Reference is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.
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 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.
Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement
Author: John E. Findling
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 0313322783
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Revised & updated, this new edition offers a comprehensive account of the modern Olympic movement, including the political side of the tournament. Coverage of planning for the 2008 Summer Olympics is included.
Publisher: Greenwood
ISBN: 0313322783
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Revised & updated, this new edition offers a comprehensive account of the modern Olympic movement, including the political side of the tournament. Coverage of planning for the 2008 Summer Olympics is included.
The Encyclopedia of the Summer Olympics
Author: David Fischer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780531163924
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Explores the history and traditions of the Olympics and the various events included in the competitions held every four years.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780531163924
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Explores the history and traditions of the Olympics and the various events included in the competitions held every four years.
A Political History Of The Olympic Games
Author: David B Kanin
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429724314
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The turmoil surrounding the 1980 Olympic Games, says the author, was nothing new--it was merely the most recent, and most complex, manifestation of the political content of modern sport. Despite the mythology perpetrated by Olympic publicists, the modern Olympic Games were founded with expressly political goals in mind and continue to thrive on tie
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 0429724314
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 238
Book Description
The turmoil surrounding the 1980 Olympic Games, says the author, was nothing new--it was merely the most recent, and most complex, manifestation of the political content of modern sport. Despite the mythology perpetrated by Olympic publicists, the modern Olympic Games were founded with expressly political goals in mind and continue to thrive on tie
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.
A Brief History of the Olympic Games
Author: David C. Young
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470777753
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
For more than a millennium, the ancient Olympics captured the imaginations of the Greeks, until a Christianized Rome terminated the competitions in the fourth century AD. But the Olympic ideal did not die and this book is a succinct history of the ancient Olympics and their modern resurgence. Classics professor David Young, who has researched the subject for over 25 years, reveals how the ancient Olympics evolved from modest beginnings into a grand festival, attracting hundreds of highly trained athletes, tens of thousands of spectators, and the finest artists and poets.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0470777753
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
For more than a millennium, the ancient Olympics captured the imaginations of the Greeks, until a Christianized Rome terminated the competitions in the fourth century AD. But the Olympic ideal did not die and this book is a succinct history of the ancient Olympics and their modern resurgence. Classics professor David Young, who has researched the subject for over 25 years, reveals how the ancient Olympics evolved from modest beginnings into a grand festival, attracting hundreds of highly trained athletes, tens of thousands of spectators, and the finest artists and poets.
Encyclopedia of the Olympic Games
Author: Erich Kamper
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : de
Pages : 392
Book Description
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
ISBN:
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : de
Pages : 392
Book Description
Encyclopedia of International Games
Author: Daniel Bell
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476615276
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The Olympic Games, revived in 1896, are the most well known international multisport gathering--but since 1896, hundreds of other competitions based on the Olympic Games model have been established whose histories have not been well documented. The Encyclopedia of International Games captures (in one alphabetical sequence) the histories of these games, many of them for the first time. The work includes major regional events such as the African, Asian, Arab, South Pacific, and Pan American Games; competitions such as the Indian Ocean Island Games, Arctic Winter Games, Island Games, and Games of the Small Countries of Europe; specific populations or professions such as the North American Indigenous Games, Maccabiah Games, World Military Games, World Police and Fire Games, and World Medical and Health Games; and Special Olympics, the Paralympics, games for the blind, and other regional games. Eight appendices, notes, bibliography, index.
Publisher: McFarland
ISBN: 1476615276
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 612
Book Description
The Olympic Games, revived in 1896, are the most well known international multisport gathering--but since 1896, hundreds of other competitions based on the Olympic Games model have been established whose histories have not been well documented. The Encyclopedia of International Games captures (in one alphabetical sequence) the histories of these games, many of them for the first time. The work includes major regional events such as the African, Asian, Arab, South Pacific, and Pan American Games; competitions such as the Indian Ocean Island Games, Arctic Winter Games, Island Games, and Games of the Small Countries of Europe; specific populations or professions such as the North American Indigenous Games, Maccabiah Games, World Military Games, World Police and Fire Games, and World Medical and Health Games; and Special Olympics, the Paralympics, games for the blind, and other regional games. Eight appendices, notes, bibliography, index.