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Rethinking The Revival And Evolution Of The Glengarry Scottish Highland Games: Antimodernism, Commercialization, And Cultural (Re)Production In Rural Eastern Ontario., Courtney W. Mason
Rethinking The Revival And Evolution Of The Glengarry Scottish Highland Games: Antimodernism, Commercialization, And Cultural (Re)Production In Rural Eastern Ontario., Courtney W. Mason
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In 1784, after a prolonged and weary struggle to settle in North America, almost fifty families established a homogenous Scottish community in what is currently Glengarry County, Ontario. In 1840, the residents of Glengarry County established a Scottish Highland Games, but a lack of commitment and funding led to their discontinuation after only a few years. In 1948, following an absence of almost a century, the Glengarry Scottish Highland Games tradition was revived. This thesis examines the revival and evolution of the Glengarry Highland Games, including commercial, ideological, and cultural impacts. When rethinking the revival of the games in Glengarry, …
Melting Resources: A Historical Analysis Of The 1932 Olympic Winter And Summer Games (New York, California)., Jonathan Robert. Paul
Melting Resources: A Historical Analysis Of The 1932 Olympic Winter And Summer Games (New York, California)., Jonathan Robert. Paul
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The current editions of the Olympic Games have been criticized as being too grandiose and expensive to stage. While the IOC's Programme Commission attempts to address these concerns, one need only look to the 1932 Olympic Winter Games in Lake Placid, New York, and Summer Games in Los Angeles, California, to find possible solutions for the efficient delivery of the Games. The 1932 Olympic Games were unique because they occurred in the same country, used the same currency, in the same year, and occurred during the Great Depression. In using data collected from a variety of different archives, this study …