London, Europe and the Olympic Games
Historical Perspectives
London hosted the Olympic Games for the third time in 2012, a mega-event where the political, economic and social expectations could hardly be compared with the previous London Games of 1908 and 1948. In addition, the Olympic Games went back to Europe in 2012 after a long period where (apart from Athens in 2004) they were held by cities in other continents. In London, the world watched the Games. Continental Europe, however, generated a particular attitude based on the special relations it had developed historically with England. At the crossing point of history, cultural studies and geopolitics, this book provides new insights on the signifi…
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- ISBN: 978-0-415-75014-1
- EAN: 9780415750141
- Produktnummer: 15475749
- Verlag: Taylor and Francis
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 158 S.
- Masse: H24.6 cm x B17.4 cm 431 g
- Abbildungen: Farb., s/w. Abb.
- Gewicht: 431
Über den Autor
Thierry Terret is a Professor of sports history at the University of Lyon (France) and the Rector of La Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. His researches mainly focus on sport and gender, sport and politics and sport and European trans-culturality.
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