Asian Games: Modern Metaphor for the Middle Kingdom Reborn - Political Statement, Cultural Assertion, Social Symbol

Summary

The Guangzhou Asian Games was a metaphor for the regional rise of China. It crushed the other nations beneath a mass of medals. China once again stood apart from the other Asian nations: the Games was a harbinger of future wider hegemonic dominance. This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Product details

• Authors: J.A. Mangan, J.a. (University of Strathclyde Mangan
• Assisted by: Marcus P. Chu (Editor), Chu Marcus P. (Editor), Dong Jinxia (Editor), Jinxia Dong (Editor), J.A. Mangan (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.02.2014
• EAN: 9780415731409
• ISBN: 978-0-415-73140-9
• No. of pages: 198
• Series: Sport in the Global Society - Historical perspectives
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Asia, SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects, Sporting events and management, Sporting events & management