This Great Symbol: Pierre de Coubertin and the Origins of the Modern Olympic Games

By John J. MacAloon

Book Overview

This Great Symbol is the definitive study of the origins of the modern Olympic Games and of their founder, Pierre de Coubertin, whose ideological stamp the Olympics still bear. Behind this fascinating... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226500004
• ISBN13: 9780226500003
• Release Date: May 1981
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 373 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.