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Before the eyes of the world : Mexico and the 1968 Olympic Games

Title
Before the eyes of the world : Mexico and the 1968 Olympic Games / Kevin B. Witherspoon.
Author
Witherspoon, Kevin B.
Publication
DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, c2008.

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Description
xi, 212 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Alternative Title
Mexico and the 1968 Olympic Games
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-208) and index.
Contents
How the Olympics came to Mexico -- Image preserved : early controversies and the cultural Olympics -- Image tarnished : the revolt of the Black athlete -- Image shattered : Tlatelolco -- The world watches : October '68 -- Settling the score.
Call Number
JFE 08-6077
ISBN
  • 9780875803883 (clothbound : alk. paper)
  • 0875803881 (clothbound : alk. paper)
LCCN
2008012902
OCLC
214065809
Author
Witherspoon, Kevin B.
Title
Before the eyes of the world : Mexico and the 1968 Olympic Games / Kevin B. Witherspoon.
Imprint
DeKalb : Northern Illinois University Press, c2008.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-208) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 08-6077
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