An edition of Global Olympics
(2005)
Global Olympics
historical and sociological studies of the modern games
1st ed.
by Kevin Young and Kevin B. Wamsley
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Publish Date
2005
Publisher
Elsevier JAI,
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Language
English
Pages
311
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Social aspects, Sociological aspects, History, Olympics, SportsShowing 2 featured editions. View all 2 editions?
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Global Olympics: Historical and Sociological Studies of the Modern Games
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2005, Elsevier JAI, Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Table of Contents
Coubertin's Olympic games : the greatest show on earth / Kevin B. Wamsley and Kevin Young
From Olympia 776 BC to Athens 2004 : the origin and authenticity of the modern Olympic games / David Young
The Olympic games experience : origins and early challenges / Douglas A. Brown
The Nazi Olympics of 1936 / Arnd Krüger
The Cold War games / Cesar R. Torres and Mark Dyreson
Amateurism, high-performance sport, and the Olympics / Hart Cantelon
Olympic men and women : the politics of gender in the modern games / Kevin B. Wamsley and Gertrud Pfister
International politics and Olympic governance / Bruce Houlihan
'Another world is possible' : recapturing alternative Olympic histories, imagining different games / Bruce Kidd
The five rings and the small screen : television, sponsorship, and new media in the Olympic movement / Garry Whannel
The commercialisation of the Olympics : cities, corporations, and the Olympic commodity / Alan Tomlinson
Lobbying orgies : Olympic city bids in the post-Los Angeles era / Douglas Booth
Symbols without substance : aboriginal peoples and the illusions of Olympic ceremonies / Janice Forsyth and Kevin B. Wamsley
Olympic drug testing : an interpretive history / John Hoberman
Political violence, terrorism, and security at the Olympic games / Michael Atkinson and Kevin Young.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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