TY - BOOK ID - 78148199 TI - More than just games AU - Menkis, Richard AU - Troper, Harold Martin PY - 2015 SN - 144262051X 9781442620513 9781442620520 1442620528 9781442649545 1442649542 9781442626904 1442626909 PB - Toronto DB - UniCat KW - Olympic athletes KW - Olympics KW - Jeux olympiques KW - Athlètes olympiques KW - Games, Olympic KW - Olympic games KW - Summer Olympics KW - Sports KW - Olympians (Olympic athletes) KW - Olympics athletes KW - Athletes KW - Social aspects KW - Political aspects KW - Participation, Canadian. KW - Aspect politique KW - Aspect social KW - Olympic Games KW - Games of the XI Olympiad KW - Olympische Spiele KW - Olympische Sommerspiele KW - Olympia (Sporting event) KW - Nazi-Olympiade KW - Olympiade KW - Hitlers Olympiade KW - Nazi Olympics KW - Hitler's Games KW - Olimpiese Somerspele KW - Spele van die XIde Olimpiade KW - Spele van die XIe Olimpiade KW - Chuegos Olimpicos KW - Chuegos d'a XI Olimpiada d'a Era Muderna KW - Xuegos Olímpicos KW - Xuegos de la XI Olimpiada KW - Yay Olimpiya Oyunları KW - Летнія Алімпійскія гульні KW - Letnii︠a︡ Alimpiĭskii︠a︡ hulʹni KW - Гульні XI Алімпіяды KW - Hulʹni XI Alimpii︠a︡dy KW - Летни олимпийски игри KW - Letni olimpiĭski igri KW - Jocs Olímpics d'estiu KW - Jocs Olímpics de la XI Olimpíada KW - Jocs Olímpics KW - Letní olympijské hry KW - Gemau Olympaidd yr Haf KW - Gemau'r XI Olympiad KW - Sommer-OL KW - Olympiske Lege KW - XI Olympiades Lege KW - Olympiades Lege UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78148199 AB - Held in Germany, the 1936 Olympic Games sparked international controversy. Should athletes and nations boycott the games to protest the Nazi regime? More Than Just Games is the history of Canada's involvement in the 1936 Olympics. It is the story of the Canadian Olympic officials and promoters who were convinced that national unity and pride demanded that Canadian athletes compete in the Olympics without regard for politics. It is the story of those Canadian athletes, mostly young and far more focused on sport thanpolitics, who were eager to make family, friends, and country proud of their efforts on Canada's behalf. And, finally, it is the story of those Canadians who led an unsuccessful campaign to boycott the Olympics and deny Nazi Germany the propaganda coup of serving as an Olympic host.Written by two noted historians of Canadian Jewish history, Richard Menkis and Harold Troper, More than Just Games brings to life the collision of politics, patriotism, and the passion of sport on the eve of the Second World War. ER -