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Selling the Five Rings
The IOC and the Rise of the Olympic Commercialism
Av Robert K Barney, Stephen R Wenn m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
229 kr
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The original scheme for the modern Olympic Games was hatched at an international sports conference at the Sorbonne in June 1894. At the time, few provisions were made for the financial underwriting of the project—providence and the beneficence of host cities would somehow take care of the costs. …
Games Changer
The International Olympic Committee, Tokyo 2020, and COVID-19
Av Stephen R. Wenn, Robert K. Barney
Häftad, 2025
378 kr
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From the emergence of the COVID pandemic in early 2020 through the delayed staging of the Tokyo Olympic games in summer 2021, A Games Changer takes the reader behind the scenes to explore the myriad challenges the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and Japanese officials faced during the months …
Rethinking the Olympics
Cultural Histories of the Modern Games
Häftad, 2010
494 kr
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This anthology of essays, previously published in "Olympika: The International Centre for Olympic Studies", addresses key themes in the scholarly study of the Games. Part I presents seven articles devoted to Olympic history: the Games' legacy from antiquity, their modern evolution, and the most …
