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1 online resource (viii, 229 pages) |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
"The year 1968 was ablaze with passion and mayhem as protests erupted in Paris and Prague, throughout the United States, and in cities on all continents. The Summer Olympic Games in Mexico were to be a moment of respite from chaos. But the image of peace - a white dove - adopted by organizers was an illusion, as was obvious to a record six hundred million people watching worldwide on satellite television. Ten days before the opening ceremony, soldiers slaughtered hundreds of student protesters in the capital. In Games of Discontent Harry Blutstein presents vivid accounts of threatened boycotts to protest racism in the United States, South Africa, and Rhodesia. He describes demonstrations by Czechoslovak gold medal gymnast Věra Čáslavská against the Soviet-led invasion of her country. The most dramatic moment of the Olympic Games was Tommie Smith and John Carlos's black power salute from the podium. Blutstein presents new details behind their protest and examines how this iconic image seared itself into historical memory, inspiring Colin Kaepernick and a new generation of athlete-activists to take a knee against racism decades later. The 1968 Summer Games became a microcosm of the discord happening around the globe. Describing a range of protest activities preceding and surrounding the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico, Games of Discontent shines light on the world during a politically transformative time when discontents were able, for the first time, to globalize their protests."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Olympic Games (19th : 1968 : Mexico City, Mexico)
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Olympic Games. |
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Olympics -- Political aspects.
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Olympics -- Political aspects. |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Blutstein, Harry. Games of discontent. Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2021 0228006759 9780228006756 (OCoLC)1201654673 |
| ISBN |
9780228006947 EPUB |
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0228006937 electronic book |
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0228006945 EPUB |
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9780228006930 electronic book |
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