More Than Just Games

Canada and the 1936 Olympics

Richard Menkis, Harold Troper (Autoren)

Buch | Softcover

320 Seiten

2015
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-1-4426-2690-4 (ISBN)

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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 than politics, 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.

Richard Menkis is an associate professor in the Departments of History and Classical, Near Eastern, and Religious Studies at the University of British Columbia. He is co-editor with Norman Ravvin of the Canadian Jewish Studies Reader. Harold Troper is professor emeritus of education and history at the University of Toronto.

1. Sport, Society, and Politics

2. Press, Preparations, and Protests: January 1933–August 1935

3. “Moving Heaven and Earth”

4. “How Lonesome our Position is Becoming”

5. Preparations and Protests: March–July 1936

6. Crimson Blazers

7. Conclusion

Zusatzinfo	21 b&w illustrations
Verlagsort	Toronto
Sprache	englisch
Maße	154 x 229 mm
Gewicht	480 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-4426-2690-9 / 1442626909
ISBN-13	978-1-4426-2690-4 / 9781442626904
Zustand	Neuware