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Author Bell, Daniel, 1965- author.

Title Encyclopedia of international games / Daniel Bell
Edition [Enhanced Credo edition]
[New ed.]
Published Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland, [2012]
Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2013

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Description 1 online resource (177 entries)
Contents Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Introduction -- Appendix 1. Games by year -- Appendix 2. Games by nation -- Appendix 3. Games by host city -- Appendix 4. Largest games by number of participants (top 100) -- Appendix 5. Largest games by number of nations (top 100) -- Appendix 6. Largest games by number of sports (top 54) -- Appendix 7. Other games -- Appendix 8. Olympic Games participants : information sources compared -- Bibliography
Summary The Encyclopedia of International Games captures (in one alphabetical sequence) the histories of these games, many of them for the first time. The work includes major regional events such as the African, Asian, Arab, South Pacific, and Pan American Games; competitions such as the Indian Ocean Island Games, Arctic Winter Games, Island Games, and Games of the Small Countries of Europe; specific populations or professions such as the North American Indigenous Games, Maccabiah Games, World Military Games, World Police and Fire Games, and World Medical and Health Games; and Special Olympics, the Paralympics, games for the blind, and other regional games
Notes "Reprint of the illustrated case bound one volume edition first published in 2003"--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes Title page of print version
Subject Sports -- Competitions -- Encyclopedias
Sports -- International cooperation -- Encyclopedias
Sports -- Competitions
Sports -- International cooperation
Genre/Form encyclopedias.
Encyclopedias
Encyclopedias.
Encyclopédies.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781784021993 electronic version
1784021997