The Olympic games : a social science perspective / Kristine Toohey and A.J. Veal
- Bib ID:
- 3525164
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Toohey, Kristine
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Description:
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- Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., c2007
- xiv, 348 p. : ill., ports. 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780851998091
- 9781845933463
- Summary:
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"This extended, new edition covers the Olympic phenomenon from political, economical and sociological perspectives, discussing topics from the history and the media to commercialism and drug use. Providing a detailed and comprehensive account and extensive bibliography, this book will be essential reading for researchers and students in leisure and sports studies."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- 1. Introduction: studying the Olympic Games
- 2. The ancient Olympics and their relevance to the modern Games
- 3. The revival of the Olympic Games
- 4. The modern Olympic phenomenon
- 5. Politics, nationalism and the Olympic movement
- 6. The economics and financing of the Games
- 7. The Olympics and the mass media
- 8. Doping and the Olympics
- 9. Women and the Olympic Games
- 10. Case studies of the summer Olympic Games
- 11. The future of the Olympic Games
- App. I. Websites, films, video, CDs, DVDs.
- Notes:
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- Previoulsy published in 2000.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Veal, Anthony James
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