| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 272 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Student sport studies |
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Student sport studies.
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| Contents |
BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE: THE IDEA OF OLYMPISM; CHAPTER TWO: THE ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES; CHAPTER THREE: REVIVAL OF THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES; CHAPTER FOUR: BRITAIN IN THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT; CHAPTER FIVE: THE PARALYMPIC GAMES; CHAPTER SIX: THE OLYMPICS AND THE MASS MEDIA; CHAPTER SEVEN: OLYMPIC MARKETING; CHAPTER EIGHT: ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES; CHAPTER NINE: ORGANISING THE OLYMPIC GAMES; CHAPTER TEN: OLYMPIC POLITICS; CHAPTER ELEVEN: ETHICS OF SPORT AND OLYMPISM |
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CHAPTER TWELVE: DRUGS AND THE OLYMPIC GAMESCHAPTER THIRTEEN: SPORT, ART AND THE OLYMPICS; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: OLYMPIC EDUCATION-CELEBRATING THE OLYMPICS; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: CASE STUDIES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
This new student textbook explores the history and meaning of the four-yearly phenomenon that is the modern Olympic Games. It provides a comprehensive overview of 'Olympism' from the Ancient Greeks origins through the beginnings of the International |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-270) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Olympics -- History
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Olympics -- Philosophy.
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SPORTS & RECREATION -- Olympics.
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Olympics
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Olympics -- Philosophy
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic book
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History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Parry, S. J. (S. Jim)
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| LC no. |
2004053183 |
| ISBN |
0203331702 |
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9780203331705 |
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9780415346030 |
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0415346037 |
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9780415346047 |
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0415346045 |
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9781134281510 |
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113428151X |
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9781134281466 |
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1134281463 |
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9781134281503 |
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1134281501 |
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9786610232819 |
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6610232814 |
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1280232811 |
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9781280232817 |
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