1904 olympics st. louis and an introduction to sports and international politics
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1904 Olympics
St. Louis and an introduction to
sports and international
politics
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What you need to know?
Why St. Louis? Lincoln’s lost debate
Westward expansion: Louisiana Expo
Spanish-American War
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Thesis
Sports represents the attitudes, beliefs and ideas of a given culture
Therefore, the 1904 World’s Fair and Olympics represents....
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I. St. Louis - historical location
Selection of World’s Fair location
role of Washington University
1800s Gateway to the West
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II. Westward expansion
The games became a justification for Manifest Destiny (Lewis & Clark)
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the fair: on the pike
Indians “on display”: Chief Joseph, Red Cloud, Seven Rabbits
Sept. 15 - recreation of Custer’s last stand and Battle of Wounded Knee
Wild West Show
Lewis and Clark recreations
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the sports and the West
various Indian groups participated in “non-official” anthropological games
(bare) foot races
American football games
Implied throughout 1) inferiority of Native Americans 2) gifts of Western civilization
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III. Imperialism
The games became a justification for keeping the Philippines
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Spanish American War
U.S. fought Spain in 1898 over Cuba
U.S. took control of Spanish colony of Philippines as means of global expansion
Debate in U.S.: do we want to be an empire? do we want colonies around the world?
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No - no empireHypocrisy of rights and freedoms
Too expensive
Too far away
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Anti-imperialism league
African Americans
Aguinaldo
Teddy Roosevelt
Labor unions
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Yes - keep Philippinesvillages showed primitive nature of “savages”
Dogtown myth
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modern sciencespsychologists and anthropologists met to “test” theories on racial superiority
supposed proof for “white man’s burden”
fair and Olympics became propaganda for eugenics, social darwinism
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Anthropological DaysEvents like: mud fighting, rock throwing, pole climbing, spear throwing
Teams of Pygmies, Filipinos, Patagonians and various American Indian tribes
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Countries “displayed” their colonial subjects
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wydown
Lindell
SkInker
Big Bend
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