The 1972 Munich Olympics and the Making of Modern Germany
Author:   Kay Schiller ,  Chris Young
Publisher:   University of California Press
Volume:   42
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9780520262133


Pages:   368
Publication Date:   03 August 2010
Format:   Hardback
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Author:   Kay Schiller ,  Chris Young
Publisher:   University of California Press
Imprint:   University of California Press
Volume:   42
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9780520262133


ISBN 10:   0520262131
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   03 August 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Out of stock   Availability explained
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List of Illustrations Acknowledgments 1. Introduction 2. Urban, State, and National Capital: Buying, Paying for, and Selling the Games 3. The Legacy of Berlin 1936 and the German Past: Problems and Possibilities 4. Germany on the Drawing Board: Architecture, Design, and Ceremony 5. After 1968 : 1972 and the Youth of the World 6. East versus West: German-German Sporting Tensions from Hallstein to Ostpolitik 7. The End of the Games: Germany, the Middle East, and the Terrorist Attack 8. Conclusion: Olympic Legacies Notes Bibliography Index

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This is an outstanding book, which will undoubtedly be the definitive treatment of the subject for a long time to come. --German Studies Review Ambitious and exciting ... a far-reaching yet richly textured portrait of the Federal Republic at a pivotal moment. --Central European History


Ambitious and exciting . . . a far-reaching yet richly textured portrait of the Federal Republic at a pivotal moment. -- Central European History


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Kay Schiller is Senior Lecturer in History at Durham University. His books on German-Jewish refugee scholars during National Socialism include Gelehrte Gegenwelten and Weltoffener Humanismus (edited with Gerald Hartung). Christopher Young is Reader in Modern and Medieval German Studies and Head of the Department of German and Dutch at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of Narrativische Perspektiven in Wolframs Willehalm and a coauthor of History of the German Language through Texts.

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