Project bibliography

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Fifteen readings selected by the team as an entry point.

1. Bancel, Nicolas. “Boycott des Jeux olympiques de Montréal en 1976 : l’émergence d’une puissance africaine ?” The Conversation, June 13, 2024. https://theconversation.com/boycott-des-jeux-olympiques-de-montreal-en-1976-lemergence-dune-force-africaine-231080.
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2. Bancel, Nicolas, Pascal Blanchard, Gilles Boëtsch, Daphné Bolz, Yvan Gastaut, Sandrine Lemaire, and Stéphane Mourlane, eds. Une histoire mondiale de l’olympisme (1896-2024). Paris: Atlande, 2023. https://achac.com/programme/sports-et-diversites/publication/une-histoire-mondiale-de-lolympisme-1896-2024.
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3. Brosseau, Louis. Les athlètes africains sur la place Rouge : Jeux olympiques de Moscou, guerre froide et diplomatie sportive. Québec: Presses de l’Université Laval, 2026.
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4. CBC News. “What the 1976 Montreal Games Represent to Those Who Boycotted It, 50 Years Later.” July 19, 2026. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/what-the-1976-montreal-games-represent-to-those-who-boycotted-it-50-years-later-9.7269452.
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5. Charitas, Pascal. “L’unité du monde sportif africain face à l’olympisme : influences et interdépendances dans la création du Conseil supérieur du sport en Afrique (1960-1966).” Cahiers d’histoire. Revue d’histoire critique, no. 158 (2023): 47–59. https://doi.org/10.4000/chrhc.22511.
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6. Cleveland, Todd. Africa and the Olympics: Winning Away from the Podium. Athens: Ohio University Press, 2024. https://dhjhkxawhe8q4.cloudfront.net/ohio-wp/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/19102358/Cleveland_AfricaOlympics_Introduction.pdf.
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7. Cornelissen, Scarlett. “Resolving ‘the South Africa Problem’: Transnational Activism, Ideology and Race in the Olympic Movement, 1960-91.” International Journal of the History of Sport 28, no. 1 (2011): 153–67. https://doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2011.525312.
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8. Ivey, James Alexander. “From Montreal to Moscow: The Legacy of the Anti-Apartheid Olympics on the Boycott of the Cold War Games (1976-1980).” Thèse de doctorat, University of California San Diego, 2024. https://escholarship.org/content/qt1sw7z4wk/qt1sw7z4wk.pdf.
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9. Kidd, Bruce. “The Culture Wars of the Montreal Olympics.” International Review for the Sociology of Sport 27, no. 2 (1992): 151–64.
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10. Mason, Courtney W. “The Bridge to Change: The 1976 Montreal Olympic Games, South African Apartheid Policy, and the Olympic Boycott Paradigm.” In Onward to the Olympics: Historical Perspectives on the Olympic Games, edited by Gerald P. Schaus and Stephen R. Wenn, 283–96. Waterloo: Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2007. https://www.wlupress.wlu.ca/Books/O/Onward-to-the-Olympics.
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11. Monnin, Éric, and Catherine Monnin. “Le boycott politique des Jeux olympiques de Montréal.” Relations internationales, no. 134 (2008): 93–114.
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12. Nixon, Rob. “Apartheid on the Run: The South African Sports Boycott.” Transition, no. 58 (1992): 68–88. https://doi.org/10.2307/2934968.
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13. Richards, Trevor. “The Sunday Essay: The 1976 Montreal Boycott.” The Spinoff, December 12, 2021. https://thespinoff.co.nz/society/12-12-2021/the-sunday-essay-the-1976-montreal-boycott.
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14. Roult, Romain, and Sylvain Lefebvre. “Planning and Reconversion of Olympic Heritages: The Montreal Olympic Stadium.” International Journal of the History of Sport 27, nos. 16–18 (2010): 2731–47. https://doi.org/10.1080/09523367.2010.508257.
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15. Sikes, Michelle M. “African Precedents: Southern Africa and Olympic Ultimatums, 1968-1976.” Journal of Olympic Studies 7, no. 1 (2026). https://doi.org/10.5406/26396025.7.1.02.
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