Title: The austerity Olympics
Description: London 2012 Olympics is fast approaching, with new developments and plans causing huge excitement the world over. Yet, this multi-million pound corporate extravaganza could not be further from the realities of the 1948 'Ration Book Olympics' which took place with London a bombed out ruin and Britain in deep economic crisis. The resulting games were not only an amazing achievement in terms of organisation, thrift and invention - being the most successful, inexpensive and unpretentious games of the 20th century - but also something for the world to celebrate following the long years of war and strain.
Subjects: Large type books, Olympic Games (14th : 1948 : London, England), Olympic Games. fast (OCoLC)fst01408249, Olympics, Sports, great britain