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Games of discontent : protests, boycotts, and politics at the 1968 Mexico olympics / Harry Blutstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Blutstein, Harry, author.
- Series:
- McGill-Queen's Studies in Protest, Power, and Resistance
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Olympic Games--(19th : 1968 : Mexico City, Mexico).
- Olympic Games.
- Olympics--Political aspects.
- Olympics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 229 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- Describing a range of protest activities preceding and surrounding the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico, Games of Discontent shines light on the world during a politically transformative time when discontents were able, for the first time, to globalize their protests.
- Contents:
- Front Matter
- Contents
- Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Author's Note
- Introduction
- Bidding for Olympic Glory
- True Colours
- Manufacturing Discontent
- Revolt of the Black Athlete
- The Tlatelolco Massacre
- Let the Fiesta Begin
- The Salute
- Take the Money and Run
- Berets, Smiles, and Fear and Loathing in Mexico
- After Spring, Mexico
- Adiós, Hasta la Vista
- Bearing Witness
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780228006947
- 0228006945
- 9780228006930
- 0228006937
- OCLC:
- 1226071386
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