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The Olympic games : a social science perspective /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Toohey, Kristine
Other Authors: Veal, Anthony James
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK ; Cambridge, MA : CABI Pub., [2007]
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Olympics > Social aspects.
Olympics > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Studying the Olympic games
  • The ancient Olympics and their relevance to the modern games
  • The revival of the Olympic games
  • The modern Olympic phenomenon
  • Politics, nationalism, and the Olympic movement
  • The economics and financing of the games
  • The Olympics and the mass media
  • Doping and the Olympics
  • Women and the Olympic games
  • Case-studies of the summer Olympic games
  • The future of the Olympic games.