Contents
Introduction v
Part I: Setting the Stage
The Legacy of Antiquity
1. Stadium and Arena: Reflections on Greek, Roman, and
Contemporary Social History 3
Michael B. Poliakoff
2. The Olympic Games 393 A.D.–1896 A.D.: The Genealogy of
an Idea in Literature, Music, and Dance 17
Jeffrey O. Segrave
3A. On The Source of the Olympic Credo 42
David C. Young
3B. More on the Olympic Saying, It’s More Important 52
David C. Young
Modern Evolution
4. Coubertin’s Ideology of Olympism from the Perspective
of the History of Ideas 63
Sigmund Loland
5. Cosmopolitanism, Olympism, and Nationalism: A Critical Interpretation of Coubertin’s Ideal of International Sporting Life 95
William J. Morgan
The Most Controversial Games—Berlin 1936
6. France, Coubertin, and the Nazi Olympics: The Response 110
W. J. Murray
7. The Nazi Olympics: A Reinterpretation 133
James M. Pitsula
Part II: Persistent Problems, Issues, and Crises
Performance Enhancement
8. “Cells or Soaring?”: Historical Reflections on Visions of
the Body, Athletics, and Modern Olympism 165
Roberta J. Park
9. Sport, Drugs, and the Cold War: The Conundrum of
Olympic Doping Policy, 1970–1979 190
Thomas M. Hunt
The Rise of Commercialism
10. Marketing National Identity: The Olympic Games of 1932
and American Culture 212
Mark Dyreson
11. Family Feud: Revenue and IOC–USOC Relations 242
Robert K. Barney, Stephen R. Wenn, Scott G. Martyn
Enduring Controversies
12. The Rise and Fall of Soviet Olympic Champions 284
Jim Riordan
13. Persistent Resistance: Leadership Positions for Women in
Olympic Sport Governing Bodies 307
Jan Rintala and Judith A. Bischoff
14. Gifts of Corruption? Ambiguities of Obligation in the
Olympic Movement 330
Douglas Booth
The Politics of Hosting Olympic Games
15. Olympic Hosting in Canada: Promotional Ambitions,
Political Challenges 357
David Whitson
16. The “Mormon Games”: Religion, Media, Cultural Politics
and the Salt Lake Winter Games 379
Larry R. Gerlach
Part III: Globalization and Facing the Future
17. Modern Sport and Olympic Games: The Problematic
Complexities Raised by the Dynamics of Globalization 435
Deane Neubauer
About the Authors 477
About the Editor 481
Index 483