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Onward to the Olympics: Historical Perspectives on the Olympic Games
Gerald P Schaus
Onward to the Olympics: Historical Perspectives on the Olympic Games
Gerald P Schaus
Provides both an overview and an array of insights into aspects of the Olympic Games' history. 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.
376 pages, b/w photos & illus
Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
Released | December 15, 2009 |
Original release date | 2007 |
ISBN13 | 9781554580422 |
Publishers | Wilfrid Laurier University Press |
Genre | Chronological Period > Ancient (To 499 A.d.) |
Pages | 408 |
Dimensions | 150 × 225 × 21 mm · 498 g |
Editor | Schaus, Gerald P. |
Editor | Wenn, Stephen R. |
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