TY  - BOOK
AU  - Toohey,Kristine
AU  - Veal,Anthony James
ED  - C.A.B. International,
TI  - The Olympic games: a social science perspective 
AV  - GV721.5 .T64 2007eb
U1  - 796.48 23
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK
PB  - CABI
KW  - Olympics
KW  - History
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - History and Biography
KW  - Leisure, Recreation and Tourism Economics, (New March 2000)
KW  - Investment, Finance and Credit
KW  - Communication and Mass Media
KW  - Social Psychology and Social Anthropology, (New March 2000)
KW  - Women
KW  - Sport and Recreational Activities, (New March 2000)
KW  - Human Toxicology and Poisoning, (New March 2000)
KW  - Man
KW  - cabt
KW  - Doping
KW  - Drug abuse
KW  - Finance
KW  - Gender relations
KW  - Mass media
KW  - Nationalism
KW  - Olympic games
KW  - Politics
KW  - Sociology of sport
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction : Studying the Olympic games -- The ancient Olympics and their relevance to the modern games -- The revival of the Olympic games -- The modern Olympic phenomenon -- Politics, nationalism, and the Olympic movement -- The economics and financing of the games -- The Olympics and the mass media -- Doping and the Olympics -- Women and the Olympic games -- Case-studies of the summer Olympic games -- The future of the Olympic games; Access limited to subscribing institution; Also available in print format
N2  - This book looks at the past, present and future of the Olympic Games; and addresses various social issues concerning the Olympic Movement, including politics and nationalism, mass media, doping, the place of women, as well as the economics and financing of the Games. This second edition consists of 11 chapters and a subject index
UR  - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845933463.0000
ER  -