- Format
- Book
- Author/Creator
- Large, David Clay.
- Published
- New York : W.W. Norton, [2007]
©2007
- Locale
- Germany
- Edition
- First edition
- Contents
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Introduction : a bridge to the ancient Greeks?
"Faster, higher, stronger" : the modern Olympics from Athens to Amsterdam
Enter the Nazis
Boycott Berlin!
The winter games
On to Berlin
"Holy flame, burn" : the ceremonial games
"Darktown parade" : track and field
Of pools, mats, rings, and rough waters
Olympia
Epilogue : "the games must go on".
- Notes
-
Includes bibliographical references (pages 345-377) and index.
Introduction : a bridge to the ancient Greeks? -- "Faster, higher, stronger" : the modern Olympics from Athens to Amsterdam -- Enter the Nazis -- Boycott Berlin! -- The winter games -- On to Berlin -- "Holy flame, burn" : the ceremonial games -- "Darktown parade" : track and field -- Of pools, mats, rings, and rough waters -- Olympia -- Epilogue : "the games must go on".
