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001 2008013013
003 DLC
005 20081011211057.0
008 080321s2008 nyuaf b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008013013
020 $a9781416534075
020 $a1416534075
020 $a9781416534082
020 $a1416534083
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn214066042
035 $a(OCoLC)214066042$z(OCoLC)166390899
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050 00 $aGV722 1960$b.M37 2008
082 00 $a796.48$222
100 1 $aMaraniss, David.
245 10 $aRome 1960 :$bthe Olympics that changed the world /$cDavid Maraniss.
250 $a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$c2008.
300 $axiii, 478 p., [24] p. of plates :$bill. ;$c25 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 436-460) and index.
520 $aAuthor Maraniss weaves sports, politics, and history into a tour de force about the 1960 Olympics. Along with the unforgettable characters and dramatic contests, there was a deeper meaning to those days at the dawn of the sixties. Change was everywhere. Old-boy notions of Olympic amateurism were crumbling. Rome saw the first doping scandal, the first commercially televised Summer Games, the first athlete paid for wearing a certain brand. In the heat of the Cold War, the city teemed with spies and rumors of defections, and every move was judged for propaganda value. While East and West Germans competed as a unified team, less than a year before the Berlin Wall, there was a dispute over the two Chinas. Fourteen nations were being born in sub-Saharan Africa. There was increasing pressure to provide equal rights for blacks and women. The world as we know it was coming into view.--From publisher description.
611 20 $aOlympic Games$n(17th :$d1960 :$cRome, Italy)
650 0 $aOlympics$xPolitical aspects.
650 0 $aOlympics$xSocial aspects.
650 0 $aCold War.
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0833/2008013013-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008013013-t.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0834/2008013013-s.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0901/2008013013-b.html