The 1936 Berlin Olympics [electronic resource] : race, power, and sportswashing / Jules Boykoff.

"When Adolf Hitler hosted the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, he used the Games to rally political support for his white supremacist worldview. In doing so, Hitler not only ruptured the myth that politics and sports do not mix, but he also initiated the first major instance of sportswashing: hosting...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Boykoff, Jules (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	Champaign, IL : Common Ground, 2023.
Series:	Sport & society teaching book series ; vol 3
Subjects:	Olympic Games > (11th : > 1936 : > Berlin, Germany) Racism in sports > History > 20th century. Racism > Germany > History > 20th century. National socialism and sports.
Online Access:	EBSCO eBooks: 2022 (EBSCO) eBook Public Library Collection (EBSCOhost) – North America: 2022 (EBSCO)
Variant Title:	The 1936 Berlin Olympics: Race, Power, and Sportswashing
Format:	Electronic eBook

Contents:

The Olympic games : 1896 through
To Berlin or not to Berlin? : the race for the 1936 Olympics
Race, politics, and the Olympics
Let the games begin : race, sports, and politics
Epilogue : sports, politics, history.