Rome 1960
The Olympics that Changed the World
(Sprache: Englisch)
Author 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....
Leider schon ausverkauft
versandkostenfrei
Buch
19.50 €
Produktdetails
Produktinformationen zu „Rome 1960 “
Klappentext zu „Rome 1960 “
Author 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.An account of the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome reveals the competition's unexpected influence on the modern world, in a narrative synopsis that evaluates the roles of Cold War propaganda, civil rights, and politics.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: David Maraniss
- 2008, 478 Seiten, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Simon + Schuster UK
- ISBN-10: 1416534075
- ISBN-13: 9781416534075
Sprache:
Englisch
Kommentar zu "Rome 1960"
0 Gebrauchte Artikel zu „Rome 1960“
Zustand | Preis | Porto | Zahlung | Verkäufer | Rating |
---|
Schreiben Sie einen Kommentar zu "Rome 1960".
Kommentar verfassen