This Great Symbol : Pierre de Coubertin and the Origins of the Modern Olympic Games

ISBN-13: 9780415390774 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 384 str.

Opis

A study of the origins of the modern Olympic Games and of their founder, Pierre de Coubertin, whose ideological stamp the Olympics bear.

Spis treści

1. Preface to the Second Edition  2. Introduction: Laocoon  3. Nobel Works, Glorious Examples, Generous Sacrifices  4. The Vision at Rugby Chapel  5. Athletic Education  6. The Olympic Idea  7. The Mighty Working of a Symbol: From Idea to Organization  8. An Indescribable Spectacle  9. Conclusion: Flags and Flowers  10. Afterword

O autorze

John J. MacAloon is Professor and Academic Associate Dean in the Social Sciences Graduate Division and Professor in The College at The University of Chicago. His anthropological and historical studies of the modern Olympic Movement and Olympic Games have earned a global reputation. He was an executive member of the International Olympic Committee 2000 Reform Commission and has advised many Olympic bid and organizing committees and National Olympic Committees.