Tarnished Rings - The International Olympic Committee and the Salt Lake City Bid Scandal

Informationen zum Autor Stephen Wenn is professor of kinesiology and physical education at Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, Ontario. He, Robert Barney, and Scott Martyn are the authors of Selling the Five Rings: The International Olympic Committee and the Rise of Olympic Commercialism. Robert Barney is professor emeritus of kinesiology and the founding director of the International Centre for Olympic Studies at the University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario. Scott Martyn is associate professor of human kinetics and founding director of the International Centre for Sport and Leisure Studies at the University of Windsor in Windsor, Ontario. Klappentext Based on extensive research and unparalleled access to primary source material, Tarnished Rings offers an in-depth look at the Salt Lake City Olympic bidding scandal and at the presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch. Zusammenfassung Based on extensive research and unparalleled access to primary source material! Tarnished Rings offers an in-depth look at the Salt Lake City Olympic bidding scandal and at the presidency of Juan Antonio Samaranch.

Product details

• Authors: Robert Barney, Scott Martyn, Stephen Wenn, Stephen/ Barney Wenn
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.12.2011
• EAN: 9780815632900
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-3290-0
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: Sports and Entertainment (Hard; Sports and Entertainment (Hard; Sports and Entertainment
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history