Olympic Perspectives. (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Stephan Wassong, Richard Baka, Janice Forsyth.
• Editors: Wassong, Stephan; Baka, Richard; Forsyth, Janice
• Contents: 1. Introduction: Olympic Perspectives Stephan Wassong, Richard Baka and Janice Forsyth 2. Marketing Avery Brundage’s Apoplexy: The 1976 Montreal Olympics Self-Financing Model Estee Fresco 3. In Pursuit of a National Olympic Team: James G. Merrick and the 1920 Canadian Olympic Track and Field Trials MacIntosh Ross 4. Representing Paralympians: The ‘Other’ Athletes in Canadian Print Media Coverage of London 2012 Melinda Maika and Karen Danylchuk 5. ‘Born on the Wings of Commerce’: The World Championships of the International Association of Athletics Federations Jörg Krieger 6. Striving for Athletic Excellence: A Core Value and Challenge for the Profile of the Ancient and Modern Olympic Games Christoph Bertling and Stephan Wassong 7. Terrorism and Security at the Olympics: Empirical Trends and Evolving Research Agendas Ramón Spaaij 8. Gender Politics, the Olympic Games, and Road Cycling: A Case for Critical History Fiona McLachlan
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Routledge
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (126 pages)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781351856768; 1351856766
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