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Contents
Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Prologue: Olympic Regatta Racecourse, Grünau, Germany; Introduction; 1. Rowing, Radio, and American Sports Broadcasting, 1925-36; 2. "Let's Go to Berlin": The Olympic Trials, the Boycott Movement, and Broadcast Preparations; 3. Berlin 1936 as Global Broadcast Spectacle and Personal Experience; 4. Live from Hitler's Reich: Transmitting the Games and the Listener's Experience; 5. Six Minutes in Grünau: The Olympic Regatta as the High Spot of the Berlin Games; Conclusion: The Berlin Olympic Games and Global Sports Broadcasting; Notes; Index.