Mega-events and social change : Spectacle, legacy and public culture /: Spectacle, legacy and public culture. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Maurice Roche.
• Authors: Roche, Maurice
• Contents: Introduction; 1 Mega-events and macro-social change; PART I: Mega-events and media change ; 2 Mega-events and mediatisation: between ‘old’ and ‘new’ media; 3 The ‘Digital Age’, media-sport and mega-events: ‘piracy’ and symbiosis in the cultural industries; PART II: Mega-events, legacy and urban change ; 4 Embedding mega-events: staging spectacles in changing cities; 5 Mega-events and urban development: Olympics and ‘legacies’; 6 Mega-events, urban space and social change: expos, parks and cities; PART III: Mega-events and global change in East and West ; 7 Mega-events, globalisation and urban legacy: events in China in the early twenty-first century; 8 Mega-events, glocalisation and urban legacy: London as an ‘event city’ and the 2012 Olympics; Index
• Publisher Details: Manchester : Manchester University Press
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource (344 pages)
• Subjects: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / Urban; SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects; Sporting events & management; Society & Culture: General
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781526117106
• Related ISBNs: 152611710X
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.