Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies and Movements). Bill Mallon

Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement (Historical Dictionaries of Religions, Philosophies and Movements)



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Publisher: The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Language: English
Page: 544
ISBN: 0810855747, 9780810855748

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The earlier editions of this title appeared in 1995 and 2001. The volume covers a wide range of persons, places, and events over a long historical period, stretching back more than a millennium. Entries are in dictionary format and include significant events, Olympic bodies, pioneers of the games, organizations, athletes, and the many participating countries, which now number 202. Since 2001 the Olympic movement has had to deal with various controversial issues, including bribery and drug doping, and both of these challenges are dealt with in these pages.

The volume begins with a chronology of the Olympic movement, from the twelfth B.C.E. right up to the location for the 2010 winter games, in Vancouver, BC. A second chronology covers the Olympic, beginning with the first of the modern era, in 1896, through to the selection process for the site for the 2014 winter games. Summaries are provided for each of the Olympiads. The A-Z entries give the reader material ranging from a brief biographical sketch of ice-skater Richard "Dick" Button to an extensive essay on the IOC 2000 Commission formed to investigate the Olympic bribery scandal, as well as definitions or short articles on Olympic terms, such as the ancient Isthmian Games and pentathlon.

Appendixes supply valuable supplemental material, for example, lists of members and awards of the International Olympic Committee, most Olympic medals won, and an interesting section entitled "Positive Drug Tests at the Olympic Games." A comprehensive 34-page bibliography rounds out the book.

Though the lack of illustrations might be a drawback, public and academic libraries will want this standard reference in order to keep current with the Olympic movement. It is a good companion to Encyclopedia of the Modern Olympic Movement (Greenwood, 2001), which focuses more on the nonathletic facets of the games, including finances and politics. Jerry Carbone
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...public and academic libraries will want this standard reference in order to keep current with the Olympic movement. (Booklist/Rbb, 5/15/2006 )

This reference provides scholars and general readers quick access to information on both competitive and administrative aspects of the Olympic movement. It features hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries on the major sports, outstanding athletes, and participating countries involved in the Games. Others describe various bodies within the International Olympic Committee as well as successive generations of officials. Supplemental materials include two chronologies, statistical tables (most gold medals won, etc.), and an extensive introduction. Mallon is the author of more than 20 books on the Olympic Games. (Reference and Research Book News )



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