National Identity And Global Sports Events - Culture, Politics, And Spectacle in Olympics And Football World Cup

Informationen zum Autor Alan Tomlinson is Professor of Leisure Studies, Area Leader for Sport and Leisure Cultures, and Head of Chelsea School Research Centre at the University of Brighton. He is the author and editor of many books, including The Game's Up: Essays in the Cultural Analysis of Sport, Leisure, and Popular Culture . Christopher Young is University Lecturer at the University of Cambridge and Fellow and Director of Studies in Modern and Medieval Languages at Pembroke College. He is the coauthor (with Thomas Gloning) of A History of the German Language Through Texts . Klappentext Explains why cities dig deep in their pockets to host the Olympics and countries breed teams for success on the world soccer stage.

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• Authors: Alan Tomlinson, Alan (EDT)/ Young Tomlinson
• Assisted by: Alan Tomlinson (Editor), Christopher Young (Editor), Young Christopher (Editor)
• Publisher: State University of New York Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.06.2006
• EAN: 9780791466162
• ISBN: 978-0-7914-6616-2
• No. of pages: 244
• Dimensions: 203 mm x 140 mm x 19 mm
• Series: Suny Series on Sport, Culture,; Suny Sport, Culture, and Socia; SUNY series on Sport, Culture, and Social Relations
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Motorsport, motorcycle sport, bicycle sport, aviation sport; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, Nationalism, Migration, immigration & emigration, Migration, immigration and emigration, Motor sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / Motor Sports / General, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples