The Olympic Games have had two lives-the first lasted for a millennium with celebrations every four years at Olympia to honour the god Zeus. The second has blossomed over the past century, from a simple start in Athens in 1896 to a dazzling return to Greece in 2004. Onward to the Olympics provides both an overview and an array of insights into aspects of the Games' history. Leading North American archaeologists and historians of sport explore the origins of the Games, compare the ancient and the modern, discuss the organization and financing of such massive athletic festivals, and examine the…mehr
The Olympic Games have had two lives-the first lasted for a millennium with celebrations every four years at Olympia to honour the god Zeus. The second has blossomed over the past century, from a simple start in Athens in 1896 to a dazzling return to Greece in 2004. Onward to the Olympics provides both an overview and an array of insights into aspects of the Games' history. Leading North American archaeologists and historians of sport explore the origins of the Games, compare the ancient and the modern, discuss the organization and financing of such massive athletic festivals, and examine the participation ,or the troubling lack of it, by women. Onward to the Olympics bridges the historical divide between the ancient and the modern and concludes with a thought-provoking final essay that attempts to predict the future of the Olympics over the twenty-first century.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Table of Contents for Onward to the Olympics: Historical Perspectives on the Olympic Games, edited by Gerald P. Schaus List of illustrations Preface Introduction Gerald P. Schaus List of abbreviations Part I: The Olympics in Antiquity An Overview The Ancient Olympic Games through the Centuries Nigel B. Crowther Origins Politics and the Bronze Age Origins of Olympic Practices Senta C. German Pindar, Heracles the Idaean Dactyl, and the Foundation of the Olympic Games Thomas K. Hubbard The First Olympic Games Max Nelson The Transformation of Athletics in Sixth-Century Greece Paul Christesen Ideals and Losers The Ancient Olympics and Their Ideals Nigel B. Crowther Olympic Losers: Why Athletes Who Did Not Win at Olympia Are Remembered Victor Matthews Details of the Festival Judges and Judging at the Ancient Olympic Games David Gilman Romano Heroic and Athletic Sortition at Ancient Olympia Aileen Ajootian Fabulous Females and Ancient Olympia Donald G. Kyle The Halma: A Running or Standing Jump? Hugh M. Lee Another View of Olympia Connections between Olympia and Stymphalus Gerald P. Schaus Commemorative Cash: The Coins of the Ancient and Modern Olympics Robert Weir Works Cited in Part I Part II: The Modern Olympics An Overview The Olympic Games in Modern Times Robert K. Barney The Olympics Before World War II Duke Kahanamoku-Olympic Champion and Uncle Sam's Adopted Son: The Cultural Text of a Hawaiian Conqueror Jim Nendel Carl Diem's Inspiration for the Torch Relay? Jan Wils, Amsterdam 1928, and the Origin of the Olympic Flame Robert K. Barney and Anthony Th. Bijkerk The Great Progression: A Content Analysis of the Lake Placid News and the Los Angeles Times' Treatment of the 1932 Olympics Jonathan Paul The Olympics After World War II Womanizing Olympic Athletes: Policy and Practice during the Avery Brundage Era Kevin B. Wamsley The Bridge to Change: The 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, South African Apartheid Policy, and the Olympic Boycott Paradigm Courtney W. Mason Splitting Hairs: The Struggle between the Canadian Federal Government and the Organizing Committee of 1976 Torontolympiad Concerning South African Participation David A. Greig Juan Antonio Samaranch's Score Sheet: Revenue Generation and the Olympic Movement, 1980-2001 Stephen R. Wenn and Scott G. Martyn The Future of the Olympic Games Olympic Ideals: Pragmatic Method and the Future of the Games Tim Elcombe "To Construct a Better and More Peaceful World", or "War Minus the Shooting"?: The Olympic Movement's Second Century Mark Dyreson Works Cited in Part II Glossary of Terms Index
Table of Contents for Onward to the Olympics: Historical Perspectives on the Olympic Games, edited by Gerald P. Schaus List of illustrations Preface Introduction Gerald P. Schaus List of abbreviations Part I: The Olympics in Antiquity An Overview The Ancient Olympic Games through the Centuries Nigel B. Crowther Origins Politics and the Bronze Age Origins of Olympic Practices Senta C. German Pindar, Heracles the Idaean Dactyl, and the Foundation of the Olympic Games Thomas K. Hubbard The First Olympic Games Max Nelson The Transformation of Athletics in Sixth-Century Greece Paul Christesen Ideals and Losers The Ancient Olympics and Their Ideals Nigel B. Crowther Olympic Losers: Why Athletes Who Did Not Win at Olympia Are Remembered Victor Matthews Details of the Festival Judges and Judging at the Ancient Olympic Games David Gilman Romano Heroic and Athletic Sortition at Ancient Olympia Aileen Ajootian Fabulous Females and Ancient Olympia Donald G. Kyle The Halma: A Running or Standing Jump? Hugh M. Lee Another View of Olympia Connections between Olympia and Stymphalus Gerald P. Schaus Commemorative Cash: The Coins of the Ancient and Modern Olympics Robert Weir Works Cited in Part I Part II: The Modern Olympics An Overview The Olympic Games in Modern Times Robert K. Barney The Olympics Before World War II Duke Kahanamoku-Olympic Champion and Uncle Sam's Adopted Son: The Cultural Text of a Hawaiian Conqueror Jim Nendel Carl Diem's Inspiration for the Torch Relay? Jan Wils, Amsterdam 1928, and the Origin of the Olympic Flame Robert K. Barney and Anthony Th. Bijkerk The Great Progression: A Content Analysis of the Lake Placid News and the Los Angeles Times' Treatment of the 1932 Olympics Jonathan Paul The Olympics After World War II Womanizing Olympic Athletes: Policy and Practice during the Avery Brundage Era Kevin B. Wamsley The Bridge to Change: The 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, South African Apartheid Policy, and the Olympic Boycott Paradigm Courtney W. Mason Splitting Hairs: The Struggle between the Canadian Federal Government and the Organizing Committee of 1976 Torontolympiad Concerning South African Participation David A. Greig Juan Antonio Samaranch's Score Sheet: Revenue Generation and the Olympic Movement, 1980-2001 Stephen R. Wenn and Scott G. Martyn The Future of the Olympic Games Olympic Ideals: Pragmatic Method and the Future of the Games Tim Elcombe "To Construct a Better and More Peaceful World", or "War Minus the Shooting"?: The Olympic Movement's Second Century Mark Dyreson Works Cited in Part II Glossary of Terms Index
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