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More than Just Games : Canada and the 1936 Olympics / Richard Menkis, Harold Troper.
De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Menkis, Richard, author.
- Troper, Harold Martin, 1942- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Olympic Games--(11th : 1936 : Berlin, Germany).
- Olympic Games.
- Olympic athletes--Canada.
- Olympic athletes.
- Olympics--Social aspects--Canada.
- Olympics.
- Olympics--Political aspects--Canada.
- Olympics--Participation, Canadian.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (320 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto : University of Toronto Press, [2018]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Held in Germany, the 1936 Olympic Games sparked international controversy. Should athletes and nations boycott the games to protest the Nazi regime? More Than Just Games is the history of Canada's involvement in the 1936 Olympics. It is the story of the Canadian Olympic officials and promoters who were convinced that national unity and pride demanded that Canadian athletes compete in the Olympics without regard for politics. It is the story of those Canadian athletes, mostly young and far more focused on sport thanpolitics, who were eager to make family, friends, and country proud of their efforts on Canada's behalf. And, finally, it is the story of those Canadians who led an unsuccessful campaign to boycott the Olympics and deny Nazi Germany the propaganda coup of serving as an Olympic host.Written by two noted historians of Canadian Jewish history, Richard Menkis and Harold Troper, More than Just Games brings to life the collision of politics, patriotism, and the passion of sport on the eve of the Second World War.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chapter One. Sport, Society, and Politics
- Chapter Two. Press, Preparations, and Protests: January 1933-August 1935
- Chapter Three. "Moving Heaven and Earth"
- Chapter Four. "How Lonesome Our Position Is Becoming"
- Chapter Five. Preparations and Protests: March-July 1936
- Chapter Six. Crimson Blazers
- Chapter Seven. Conclusion
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-266) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 25. Jul 2018)
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-2052-8
- 1-4426-2051-X
- OCLC:
- 909370370
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