Before the Eyes of the World: Mexico and the 1968 Olympic Games 9780875806969

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Автор: Witherspoon Kevin
Название: Before the Eyes of the World: Mexico and the 1968 Olympic Games
ISBN: 9780875806969
Издательство: Wiley EDC
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История Америк

История 20 века: с 1900 по 2000

Спортивные мероприятия и их организация

Олимпийские и Паралимпийские игры

ISBN-10: 0875806961
Обложка/Формат: Paperback
Страницы: 212
Вес: 0.32 кг.
Дата издания: 14.01.2014
Язык: English
Размер: 229 x 152 x 13
Читательская аудитория: General (us: trade)
Подзаголовок: Mexico and the 1968 olympic games
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Поставляется из: Англии
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Mexican leaders eagerly anticipated the attention that hosting the worlds most visible sporting event would bring, yet they could not have predicted the array of conflicts that would play out before the eyes of the world during the notorious 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Following twenty years of economic growth and political stability—known as the Mexican miracle—Mexican policy makers escaped their prior image of being economically underdeveloped to successfully craft an image of a nation that was both modern and cosmopolitan but also steeped in culture and tradition. Buoyed by this new image, they set their sights on the Olympic bid, and they not only won but also prepared impressive facilities.

Prior to the opening ceremonies, several controversies emerged, the most glaring of which was a student protest movement that culminated in a public massacre, leaving several hundred students dead. Less dramatic were concerns that athletes would suffer harm in the high elevation and thin air, debates over the nature of amateurism, threats by nations opposing apartheid to boycott if South Africa was allowed to compete, and the introduction of drug and gender testing. Additionally the Olympics provided a forum for the United States and the Soviet Union to carry their Cold War rivalry to the playing field—a way to achieve victory without world destruction at stake.

During the Games, one of the most significant controversies occurred when two African American athletes, Tommie Smith and John Carlos, raised their fists in the Black Power salute while on the medal stand. This gesture brought worldwide attention to racism within the United States and remains a lasting image of both the Mexico City Olympics and the Civil Rights movement. Although the Olympics are intended to bring athletes of the world together for harmonious competition, the 1968 Games will long be remembered as fraught with discord. This ambitious and comprehensive study will appeal to those interested in US history, Latin American history, sports history, and Olympic history.

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Table of Contents
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1: How the Olympics Came to Mexico
Chapter 2: Image Preserved: Early Controversies and the Cultural Olympics
Chapter 3: Image Tarnished: The Revolt of the Black Athlete
Chapter 4: Image S

Before the Eyes of the World: Mexico and the 1968 Olympic Games, Witherspoon Kevin