Books > History > History of specific subjects > Social & cultural history
|
Buy Now
Games of Discontent - Protests, Boycotts, and Politics at the 1968 Mexico Olympics (Hardcover)
Loot Price: R599
Discovery Miles 5 990
You Save: R99
(14%)
|
|
Games of Discontent - Protests, Boycotts, and Politics at the 1968 Mexico Olympics (Hardcover)
Series: McGill-Queen's Studies in Protest, Power, and Resistance
(sign in to rate)
Was R698
Loot Price R599
Discovery Miles 5 990
You Save R99 (14%)
Expected to ship within 12 - 17 working days
|
The year 1968 was ablaze with passion and mayhem as protests
erupted in Paris and Prague, throughout the United States, and in
cities on all continents. The Summer Olympic Games in Mexico were
to be a moment of respite from chaos. But the image of peace - a
white dove - adopted by organizers was an illusion, as was obvious
to a record six hundred million people watching worldwide on
satellite television. Ten days before the opening ceremony,
soldiers slaughtered hundreds of student protesters in the capital.
In Games of Discontent Harry Blutstein presents vivid accounts of
threatened boycotts to protest racism in the United States, South
Africa, and Rhodesia. He describes demonstrations by Czechoslovak
gold medal gymnast Vera Caslavska against the Soviet-led invasion
of her country. The most dramatic moment of the Olympic Games was
Tommie Smith and John Carlos's black power salute from the podium.
Blutstein furnishes new details behind their protest and examines
how this iconic image seared itself into historical memory,
inspiring Colin Kaepernick and a new generation of
athlete-activists to take a knee against racism decades later. The
1968 Summer Games became a microcosm of the discord happening
around the globe. Describing a range of protest activities
preceding and surrounding the 1968 Olympics, Games of Discontent
shines light on the world during a politically transformative
moment when discontents were able, for the first time, to globalize
their protests.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.