Historical Dictionary of the Modern Olympic Movement

Herausgeber: Findling, John E.; Pelle, Kimberly D.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The foremost sporting event in the world, the Olympic Games have grown from a quaint idea in the 1890s to a major world happening. This unique book shows the historical context in which each of the Olympic Games has taken place. Divided into sections on the Summer Games and the Winter Games, the book includes chronologically arranged entries on each of the games since 1896. Entries focus on such information as site selection, political questions, controversies, collateral events, changes in programming, and political and economic consequences of the games-all information that is not available in other reference works on the Olympics. Once again the Olympic flame will burn in the U.S.A. as Atlanta, GA, hosts the 1996 Summer Olympic Games, marking the 100th anniversary of the Modern Olympic Movement. The first Games of the Modern Era were celebrated in Athens in 1896 and have grown from a quaint idea in the 1890s to a major world happening. It is a testament to the founders of the games that the ideals upon which the Olympic Movement was founded have continued throughout the years and will be carried into the next century in Sydney, Australia. Valued for their idealism and revered for the moral code they demonstrate in heroic sporting contests, the Olympic Games are the foremost sporting event in the world. Divided into sections on the Summer Games and the Winter Games, this unique reference work shows the historical context in which each of the Olympic Games has taken place. The book includes chronologically arranged entries on each of the games from 1896 to the Centennial games planned for 1996, and the Olympic Games planned for 1998 in Nagano, Japan, and 2000 in Sydney. Entries focus on such information as site selection, political questions, controversies, collateral events, changes in programming, and political and economic consequences of the games-all information that is not available in other reference works on the Olympics. Adding another dimension, the appendixes provide biographical profiles of the members of the International Olympic Committee and an entry on the United States Olympic Committee. The volume also provides information on Olympic films and a general bibliography.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Greenwood
• Seitenzahl: 504
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. Februar 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 34mm
• Gewicht: 963g
• ISBN-13: 9780313284779
• ISBN-10: 0313284776
• Artikelnr.: 21108050

Autorenporträt

John E. Findling is a professor emeritus of history at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, Indiana, USA. With Frank W. Thackeray, he is an editor for the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface Introduction by John A. Daly Prologue: The Ancient Games by Robert
K. Barney The Summer Games Athens 1896 by Joanna Davenport Paris 1900 by
Reet Ann Howell and Max L. Howell St. Louis 1904 by C. Robert Barnett
Athens 1906 by Karl Lennartz, translated by Stephanie L. Peters and Curtis
H. Peters London 1908 by James R. Coates, Jr. Stockholm 1912 by Horst
Ueberhorst Berlin 1916 by William Durick Antwerp 1920 by Roland Renson
Paris 1924 by Paula D. Welch Amsterdam 1928 by Edward S. Goldstein Los
Angeles 1932 by Doris Pieroth Berlin 1936 by Dietmar Herz and Angelika
Altmann Tokyo/Helsinki 1940 by Jerry A. Pattengale London 1944 by Martin J.
Manning London 1948 by Richard A. Voeltz Helsinki 1952 by Adam R.
Hornbuckle Melbourne 1956 by Ian Jobling Rome 1960 by Eric Leslie Davies
Tokyo 1964 by Mohammed B. Alam Mexico City 1968 by Joseph L. Arbena Munich
1972 by Maynard Brichford Montreal 1976 by Bruce Kidd Moscow 1980 by James
Riordan Los Angeles 1984 by Wayne Wilson Seoul 1988 by Ron Palenski
Barcelona 1992 by Larry Maloney Atlanta 1996 by Larry Maloney Sydney 2000
by Max L. Howell The Winter Games Chamonix 1924 by Paula D. Welch St.
Moritz 1928 by Donald C. Simmons, Jr. Lake Placid 1932 by John Fea
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 by Jon W. Stauff Sapporo/St.
Moritz/Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1940 by Swantje Scharenberg Cortina d'Ampezzo
1944 by Astrid Engelbrecht, translated by Jamey J. Findling St. Moritz 1948
by Donald C. Simmons, Jr. Oslo 1952 by Gordon MacDonald and Douglas Brown
Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 by Allan W. Hall Squaw Valley 1960 by Tim Ashwell
Innsbruck 1964 by John J. Kennedy, Jr. Grenoble 1968 by Douglas Brown and
Gordon MacDonald Sapporo 1972 by Donna Addkison-Simmons Innsbruck 1976 by
John J. Kennedy, Jr. Lake Placid 1980 by John Fea Sarajevo 1984 by Robert
Dunkelberger Calgary 1988 by K. B. Wamsley Albertville and Savoie 1992 by
Michele Lellouche Lillehammer 1994 by Larry Maloney Nagano 1998 by John E.
Findling Appendix A: The International Olympic Committee by Dwight H. Zakus
Appendix A1: Demetrios Vikelas by Kimberly D. Pelle Appendix A2: Pierre de
Coubertin by Ute Schwabe Appendix A3: Henri de Baillet-Latour by Edward S.
Goldstein Appendix A4: Sigfrid Edström by Edward S. Goldstein Appendix A5:
Avery Brundage by Robert K. Barney Appendix A6: Michael Morris, Lord
Killanin by Kathy Nichols Appendix A7: Juan Antonio Samaranch by John E.
Findling Appendix B: The United States Olympic Committee by Robert P.
Watson Appendix C: Olympic Films Appendix C1: Olympic Documentary Films by
Linda K. Fuller Appendix C2: Olympic Feature Films by Scott A. G. M.
Crawford General Bibliography Index