The Olympic Games

  • The Olympic Games
    The Olympic Games
    By DK Publishing, Inc, Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc

    Dorling Kindersley Publishing, Inc, DK Publishing, Inc ... Déja vu : As at Barcelona , the United States “ Dream Team ” were victorious in the men's basketball basketball final . In Atlanta , their victims were Yugoslavia , who went ...

  • The Olympic Games: A Social Science Perspective
    The Olympic Games: A Social Science Perspective
    By Kristine Toohey

    Toohey, K., and Taylor T. (2005) The Olympics and terrorism. Paper presented to the Australian Societyfor Sports History Conference, Sporting Traditions XV. July, Melbourne. Toohey, K., and Taylor, T. (2006) Here be savages, ...

  • The Olympic Games: A Social Science Perspective
    The Olympic Games: A Social Science Perspective
    By Kristine Toohey, Anthony James Veal

    London: Stanley Paul. Bread not Circuses (n.d.) Bread, not Circuses: a coalition of groups concerned about ... Westport, CN: Greenwood Publishing, pp. 148-152. British Olympic Association (n.d.) The Modern Olympics. Olympic Fact Sheet.

  • The Olympic Games: A Critical Approach
    The Olympic Games: A Critical Approach
    By Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

    Do the Olympic Games really live up to their glowing reputation?

  • The Olympic Games: The First Thousand Years
    The Olympic Games: The First Thousand Years
    By M. I. Finley, H. W. Pleket

    A definitive survey of the Olympic Games, from 776 B.C. to A.D. 261. Readers are introduced, with absorbing detail, to the games' events and their historical, social, and religious context. 40 unnumbered plates of illustrations.

  • The Olympic Games: A Critical Approach
    The Olympic Games: A Critical Approach
    By Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

    Business Insider. businessinsider.com/abandoned-olympicvenues-around-the-world-photos-rio-2016-8 Deacon, J. (2 October, 2000) Upsets down under. Maclean's, 32–35. Denver, Colorado, Initiated Ordinance 302 Olympic Games Voter Approval ...

  • The Olympic Games: Meeting New Global Challenges
    The Olympic Games: Meeting New Global Challenges
    By David Hassan, Shakya Mitra

    ... International Olympic Committee's ultimate decision also accounts for which city is the most locally distinctive. Furthermore, position and connectivity ... Global localities: Olympic bidding as a case study in globalization Introduction.