The Olympics 2/e

UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESSISBN: 9780252070464

A History of the Modern Games

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By Allen Guttmann
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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
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PAPERBACK
Dimensions:
235 x 145 mm
Weight:
410 g
Pages:
248

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''Here is a book that is as readable as it is profound, casting a majestic sweep over the Games from 1896.''--G. E. Murray, Sporting Traditions ''A wonderfully insightful, judicious, and interpretative essay.''--Steve Gietschier, Sporting News ''Guttmann, one of the finest historians of sport in the United States and Europe, and a recognized authority on the Olympics, has produced a sound, readable narrative that will appeal to scholars as well as to general readers.''--Randy Roberts, coauthor of Winning Is the Only Thing: Sports in America since 1945ADVANCE PRAISE for 1st edition ''Guttmann, one of the finest historians of sport in the United States and Europe, and a recognized authority on the Olympics, has produced a sound, readable narrative that will appeal to scholars as well as to general readers.''--Randy Roberts, coauthor of Winning Is the Only Thing: Sports in America since 1945

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