Contemporary Studies in the National Olympic Games Movement

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Contemporary Studies in the National Olympic Games Movement is written by Roland Naul and published by Peter Lang Publishing. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0820435449 (ISBN 10) and 9780820435442 (ISBN 13).

National Olympic Games were more closely connected with the Ancient Greek ideal than the modern international Olympic Games of de Coubertin. Moreover, such national or regional Olympic Games have not only been precursors for the international Olympic Games but also they have been further developed parallel with the international Olympic Movement - even in the 20th century, in Europe, in North and South America and in Asia. In the emerging nation states of Europe, both before as well as after the turn of the century, these national Olympic Games had a more important function (identity-forming) than the Olympic Games.