| Description |
xxv, 311 pages ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Research in the sociology of sport ; v. 3 |
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Research in the sociology of sport ; v. 3
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| Contents |
Introduction : "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 Kruger -- 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 Gertride Pfister -- International politics and Olympic governance / Barrie Houlihan -- 'Another world is possible' : recapturing alternative Olympic histories, imagining different games / Bruce Kidd -- The five rings and the small screen : television, sponsorship, and the 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 / J. Hoberman -- Political violence, terrorism, and security at the Olympic Games / Michael Atkinson and Kevin Young |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references and index |
| Subject |
Olympics -- History.
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Olympics -- Social aspects.
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Sports -- Sociological aspects.
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| Author |
Young, Kevin, 1959-
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Wamsley, Kevin B.
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| ISBN |
0762311819 (hbk.) |
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9780762311811 (hbk.) |
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