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The Olympic games explained : a student guide to the evolution of the modern Olympic games /
This new student textbook explores the history and meaning of the four-yearly phenomenon that is the modern Olympic Games. It provides a comprehensive overview of 'Olympism' from the Ancient Greeks origins through the beginnings of the International.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2005.
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| Colección: | Student sport studies.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; CHAPTER ONE: THE IDEA OF OLYMPISM; CHAPTER TWO: THE ANCIENT OLYMPIC GAMES; CHAPTER THREE: REVIVAL OF THE MODERN OLYMPIC GAMES; CHAPTER FOUR: BRITAIN IN THE OLYMPIC MOVEMENT; CHAPTER FIVE: THE PARALYMPIC GAMES; CHAPTER SIX: THE OLYMPICS AND THE MASS MEDIA; CHAPTER SEVEN: OLYMPIC MARKETING; CHAPTER EIGHT: ECONOMIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF THE OLYMPIC GAMES; CHAPTER NINE: ORGANISING THE OLYMPIC GAMES; CHAPTER TEN: OLYMPIC POLITICS; CHAPTER ELEVEN: ETHICS OF SPORT AND OLYMPISM.
- CHAPTER TWELVE: DRUGS AND THE OLYMPIC GAMESCHAPTER THIRTEEN: SPORT, ART AND THE OLYMPICS; CHAPTER FOURTEEN: OLYMPIC EDUCATION-CELEBRATING THE OLYMPICS; CHAPTER FIFTEEN: CASE STUDIES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.