The Olympic games
Subtitle: a social science perspective
By: Kristine Toohey and A.J. Veal.
Contributors: Veal, Anthony James.
Edition: 2nd ed.
Publisher: CABI Pub.
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK; Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 348
ISBN-13: 9780851998091
Subjects: Olympics -- Social aspects; Olympics -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Studying the Olympic games; title: The ancient Olympics and their relevance to the modern games; title: The revival of the Olympic games; title: The modern Olympic phenomenon; title: Politics, nationalism, and the Olympic movement; title: The economics and financing of the games; title: The Olympics and the mass media; title: Doping and the Olympics; title: Women and the Olympic games; title: Case-studies of the summer Olympic games; title: The future of the Olympic games.