The Olympic games explained : a student guide to the evolution of the modern Olympic games /

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Author / Creator:Girginov, Vassil, 1956-
Imprint:London ; New York : Routledge, 2005.
Description:1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
Series:Student sport studies
Student sport studies.
Subject:Olympics -- History.
Olympics -- Philosophy.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Olympics.
Olympics.
Olympics -- Philosophy.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
History.
Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11298572
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Other authors / contributors:Parry, S. J. (S. Jim)
ISBN:0203331702
9780203331705
9780415346030
0415346037
9780415346047
0415346045
9781134281510
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9781134281466
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0415346037
0415346045
9786610232819
6610232814
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9781280232817
Digital file characteristics:data file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-270) and index.
English.
Print version record.
Summary:This new student textbook explores the history and meaning of the four-yearly phenomenon that is the modern Olympic Games. It provides a comprehensive overview of 'Olympism' from the Ancient Greeks origins through the beginnings of the International.
Other form:Print version: Girginov, Vassil, 1956- Olympic games explained. London ; New York : Routledge, 2005 0415346037 0415346045