{"product_id":"power-games-a-political-history-of-the-olympics-1784780723","title":"Power Games: A Political History of the Olympics","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1784780723\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Boykoff, Jules\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA timely, no-holds barred, critical political history of the modern Olympic GamesThe Olympics have a checkered, sometimes scandalous, political history. Jules Boykoff, a former US Olympic team member, takes readers from the events nineteenth-century origins, through the Games flirtation with Fascism, and into the contemporary era of corporate control. Along the way he recounts vibrant alt-Olympic movements, such as the Workers Games and Womens Games of the 1920s and 1930s as well as athlete-activists and political movements that stood up to challenge the Olympic machine.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51907550118176,"sku":"NEW1784780723","price":22.16,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71v9DsYySuL.jpg?v=1782243377","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/power-games-a-political-history-of-the-olympics-1784780723","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}