Onward to the Olympics : historical perspectives on the Olympic Games /

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Imprint:Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007.
Description:1 online resource (xxvii, 376 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Publications of the Canadian Institute in Greece = Publications de l'Institut canadien en Grè€ce ; no. 5
Publications of the Canadian Institute in Greece ; no. 5.
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11382221
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Other authors / contributors:Wenn, Stephen R. (Stephen Robert), 1964-
Schaus, Gerald P., 1950-
ISBN:155458129X
9781554581290
9780889205055
0889205051
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Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary: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 these massive athletic festivals, and examine the participation, or the troubling lack of it, by women. [This book] 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.--Back cover.
Other form:Print version: Onward to the Olympics. Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007