Sport in the Global Society : Historical Perspectives series
Contents
Prologue: Beijing 2008: a production on many levels / Kevin Caffrey -- Olympic Beijing: reflections on urban space and global connectivity / Xuefei Ren -- 'Go China! Go!': running fan and debating success during China's Olympic summer / David J. Davies -- Olympian ghosts: apprehensions and apparitions of the Beijing spectacle / Ha Guangtian and Kevin Caffrey -- 'Flagging the nation' in international sport: a Chinese Olympics and a German World Cup / David Schrag -- China in Africa: an Olympics-charged re-engagement / Barbra Lukunka -- The Beijing Olympics as indicator of a Chinese competitive ethic / Kevin Caffrey -- Epilogue: approaches to a productive spectacle / Kevin Caffrey