Onward to the Olympics

This book PDF is perfect for those who love Sports & Recreation genre, written by Gerald P. Schaus and published by Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press which was released on 02 August 2009 with total hardcover pages 408. You could read this book directly on your devices with pdf, epub and kindle format, check detail and related Onward to the Olympics books below.

Onward to the Olympics
Author : Gerald P. Schaus
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Language : English
Release Date : 02 August 2009
ISBN : 9781554587797
Pages : 408 pages
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Onward to the Olympics by Gerald P. Schaus Book PDF 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 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.

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