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1 online resource |
| Contents |
Introduction : "welcome to hell" / Andrew Zimbalist -- The Olympics in the twenty-first century : where does Rio 2016 fit in? / Jules Boykoff -- Brazil's Olympic rollercoaster / Juliana Barbassa -- Not everyone has a price : how the small favela of Vila Autódromo's fight opened a path to Olympic resistance / Theresa Williamson -- Architecture and urban design : the shaping of Rio 2016 Olympic legacies / Renata Latuf de Oliveira Sanchez and Stephen Essex -- Strictly confidential : access to information and the media in Rio / Jamil Chade -- Safety for whom? : securing Rio for the Olympics / Juliana Barbassa -- Green games : the Olympics, sustainability, and Rio 2016 / Jules Boykoff -- The economic legacy of Rio 2016 / Andrew Zimbalist |
| Summary |
"Rio 2016 assembles the views of leading experts on Brazil and the Olympics into a clear-eyed assessment of the impact of the games on Brazil in general and on the lives of Cariocas, as Rio's residents are known"--Publisher's website |
| Notes |
This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
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OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record |
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Knowledge Unlatched KU Select 2017: Front list Collection |
| Subject |
Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Political aspects.
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Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Social aspects.
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Tourism -- Social aspects -- Brazil.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Zimbalist, Andrew S., editor
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| ISBN |
0815732457 (electronic bk.) |
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0815732465 (electronic bk.) |
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9780815732457 (electronic bk.) |
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9780815732464 (electronic bk.) |
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