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The Beijing Olympics was a political act of assertion. It wass the culmination of political effort going back to 1949. In essence, it was the outcome of dramatic diplomatic, political, cultural, social and economic change born of ideological commitment.
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Exploring the relationship between modern Asia and the Olympic Games, this original work focuses on the forgotten history of the 1940 Tokyo Olympics to reveal the complex and fascinating encounter between Japan and the world in the 1930s.
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This Great Symbol is the definitive study of the origins of the modern Olympic Games and of their founder, Pierre de Coubertin, behind the blend of biography and history lies an impressive framework of cultural, social, and psychological theories.
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A guide to the definitive sporting mega-event Olympics and the wider phenomenon it represents - Olympism. It addresses the key questions in modern Olympism, including:... Læs mere
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A guide to the definitive sporting mega-event Olympics and the wider phenomenon it represents - Olympism. It addresses the key questions in modern Olympism, including:... Læs mere
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The United States uses the Olympic Games to construct and contest its national image. For more than a century the Olympics have served the U.S. as a site for erecting memorials to American patriotism and developing mythologies of American exceptionalism.
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This extended ethnological research offers a rare case study of continuity and change in the Olympic torch relay, a leading transnational and trans-cultural ritual form. This book was published as a special issue of Sport in Society.
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This book explains how modern Olympic games can successfully develop a more sustainable design approach by learning from the lessons of the past and by taking account of the latest developments.
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Representing the Nation analyzes Mexico City’s staging of the 1968 Olympic Games and explains how international criticism over its competence re-ignited a series of long-standing stereotypes, prejudices, and divisions within Mexican society.
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The Beijing Olympics is a political act and assertion. It is the culmination of political effort going back to 1949. In essence, it is the outcome of dramatic diplomatic, political, cultural, social and economic change born of ideological commitment.
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Describes and analyzes the varieties of sport, games and physical education practiced in Western Europe between 450-1650 AD in their historical and cultural context.
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This collection is a first in global publishing, a mine of information for scholars, students and analysts. It demonstrates that Olympic movement in the modern context has been, and continues to be, socially relevant and politically important.