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Power Games - A Political History of the Olympics (Paperback): Jules Boykoff

Power Games - A Political History of the Olympics (Paperback)

Jules Boykoff; Foreword by Dave Zirin

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The Olympics have a checkered, sometimes scandalous, political history. Jules Boykoff, a former US Olympic team member, takes readers from the event's nineteenth-century origins, through the Games' flirtation with Fascism, and into the contemporary era of corporate control. Along the way he recounts vibrant alt-Olympic movements, such as the Workers' Games and Women's Games of the 1920s and 1930s as well as athlete-activists and political movements that stood up to challenge the Olympic machine.

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Imprint: Verso Books
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Release date: May 2016
Authors: Jules Boykoff
Foreword by: Dave Zirin
Dimensions: 210 x 140 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352
ISBN-13: 978-1-78478-072-2
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > History of specific subjects > General
Books > Sport & Leisure > Sports & outdoor recreation > Sporting events, tours & organisations > Olympic games
Books > History > History of specific subjects > General
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LSN: 1-78478-072-3
Barcode: 9781784780722

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