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A timely, no-holds barred, critical political history of the modern Olympic GamesThe 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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Power Games, Jules Boykoff, Dave Zirin
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- Title
- Power Games
- Subtitle
- A Political History of the Olympics
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Jules Boykoff, Dave Zirin
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 338
- ISBN10
- 1784780723
- ISBN13
- 9781784780722
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, True Stories, Biographies, Self-Help, Political Science & Politics, Adventure, Music Theme, Sports, Autobiographies & Memoirs, Politics, USA, Opinion Journalism & Essays, Biographies, Gifts for women, Gifts for men, Political Theories, Race, Racism, World History, Cycling, Fitness, Government, Olympics, Geopolitics, Running, Political Philosophy, Political History, World Politics, Political Aspects, Paralympics
- Rating
- 3.95 out of 5
- Description
- A timely, no-holds barred, critical political history of the modern Olympic GamesThe 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.