Onward to the Olympics: Historical Perspectives on the Olympic Games

by Gerald P . Schaus (Editor), StephenR.Wenn (Editor)

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  Paperback
  2007

  $54.27

  Provides both an overview and an array of insights into aspects of the Olympic Games' history. This book explores the origins of the Games, compares the ancient and the modern, discusses the organisation and financing of such massive athletic festivals, and examines the participation, or the troubling lack of it, by women.