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Reflections on Mexico '68
Contributor(s): Brewster, Keith (Editor)
ISBN: 1444332767     ISBN-13: 9781444332766
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE:   $34.44  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: April 2010
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- History | Latin America - Mexico
- Sports & Recreation | Olympics & Paralympics
- Sports & Recreation | History
Dewey: 796.48
LCCN: 2009050978
Series: Bulletin of Latin American Research Books
Physical Information: 0.4" H x 6.44" W x 9.03" (0.57 lbs) 192 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - Mexican
- Chronological Period - 1960's
 
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc.
Publisher Description:
Presenting a multi-disciplinary approach to Mexico City's staging of the Olympic Games in 1968, this book combines analyses of literary works and protest music with comparative history to offer a fresh appreciation of the significance of the event.
  • Explores the first Olympic Games to be hosted by a Spanish-speaking, Latin American country
  • Includes new and pioneering research data on the Mexico Games
  • An innovative approach from scholars from a variety of disciplines
  • Re-appraisal of momentous events from an unusually wide diversity of geographical and thematic perspectives
  • Applies historical analysis to inform future events