An Athletics Compendium

International 418-422 been transposed, anthde illustration on p133 is of Chizhova, not Melnik. Riordan concludes with a brief survey of the involvement Rouf ssia before 1917 and of the USSR after 1917 itnhe IOC and the increasingly successful participation by the USSR in the Olympic Games from 1952. 418 The emergence of the blaactkhlete in America: American dream or American dilemm/a?G. A. Mousinho. Keele University, 1983. PhD thesis. 419 The global sports arena: athletic talmenigt ration in an interdependent world / edited by John Bale and Joseph Maguire. London: Frank Cass, 1994. xii, 289p; illus, maps; index Papersoriginally presentedduring a colloquiumat Keele University, April1991 ISBN: 0-7146-3489-1 (cased)* 0-7146-6116-2 (pbk) BL: YC.1995.b.5689 The chapter, 'Out of Africa: the "development" of Kenyan athletics, talent migration and the global sports system' by John Bale and Joe Sang is developed at greater length in their book Kenyan running. 420 Sporting colours: sport and politincsSouth Africa/ Mihir Bose. London: Robson, 1994. xii, 256p; illus; index ISBN: 0-86051-861-2 BL:YC. 1995.a.909 Before tracingits Olympicinvolvement from190& to 1960, Bose highlights the re-admission of South Africa to the Olympic movement in 1992, with the women's 10,000m winner, Ethiopian Derartu Tulu, being accompanied on her lap of honour by runner-up Elana Meyer of SouthAfrica. Theauthor describetshe sporting isolation Soof uth Africaover three decades, and, though most of the narrative is devoted to cricket and rugby union, several track and field examples are cited. 421 American Indian sporthseritage / Joseph B. Oxendine; with anew afterword by the author. London: University of Nebraska Press, 1995. xxiii, 334p; illus; index; pbk Originally published: Champaign, 111:Human Kinetics, 1988 ISBN: 0-8032-8609-0 BL: YC.1996.a.3539 A number of historical references point to the importance of runninign Indian culture: archaeological evidence suggests the construction of specialist running tracks. Betting on athletic contests was regular practicefor both participants and spectators. The establishment of the Carlisle PA school (18-79) and the Haskell KS school (IS^foHr) American Indians gave an impetus to dtehveelopment of track and field programmes. JimThorpe, the 1912 Olympcichampion, is featured and a dozen other Indian athletes active in the periodbefore 1930are identified. This book should be read intandem with Indian Running (Santa Barbara: Capra, 1951), not, aplausb,lished in this countryB. oth books reveala rich Indian culture of competitive running. 422 Sport andphysical education in Chin/a edited by James Riordan and Robin Jones. London: Spon, in association with ISCPES, 1999. xviii, 278p; illus, map; index ISBN: 0-419-24750-5 (cased) • 0-419-22030-5 (pbk) BL: YC.1999.b.6232 All but one of thceontributions refertrtaock and field or its precursors. [ 39 ]