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Livres anciens et modernes

Kitroeff, Alexander

Wrestling With the Ancients: Modern Greek Identity and the Olympics

Greekworks.Com, 2004

45,00 €

Kalamos Books

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Détails

Année
2004
ISBN
0974766003
Lieu d'édition
New York
Auteur
Kitroeff, Alexander
Éditeurs
Greekworks.Com
Edition
1st US Edition
Thème
MODERN GREECE SOCIOLOGY CUSTOMS OLYMPIC GAMES
Description
New
Description
H
Jaquette
Oui
Etat de conservation
Neuf
Reliure
Couverture rigide
Dédicacée
Non
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

Wrestling With The Ancients . especially focuses upon the time span ranging from the nineteenth-century origins of the modern Olympic games to the present day, and the interconnection between the Olympics and Greek nationalism. A chapter by chapter discussion of : Greece's Olympics /The 1896 Olympic games in Athens The Athens interim Olympics of 1906/Rediscovering the classical legacy Greece and the Berlin Olympiad/Olympia and the cold war/ Greece as the permanent Olympic venue? /Atlanta 1996 and how Greece lost the centenary games / Winning and almost losing the 2004 Athens Olympiad / Countdown to Athens 2004. A well y researched, methodical tour through Olympic history and its reverberations upon Greek national identity" viii, 276p.+ plates, illus.bibliography, index. Publisher's PR book mark laid in