This analysis explores the social history and politics of "mega-events" from the late 19th century to the present. Through case studies of events such as the 1851 Crystal Palace Expo, the 1936 Berlin Olympics and the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, Maurice Roche investigates the impact Expos and Olympics have had on national identities, on the marking of public time and space, and on visions of national citizenship and international society in modern times. Historical chapters deal with the production of Expos by power elites, their impacts on mass culture, and the political uses and abuses of international sport and Olympic events. Chapters also deal with the impact of Olympics on cities, the growth of Olympics as "media events" and the current crisis of the Olympic movement in world politics and culture.
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...a fine scholarly work with a rich set of informative footnotes and a definitive bbibliography..
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international public culture, imperial expos, touristic consumerism, movement citizenship, bid team, sport ideology, international expos, great public events, global media event, listed events, international sport events, media sport, games event, cultural citizenship, bidding game, cultural inclusion, media aspects, sport culture, major sport events, sport movement, global citizenship, sport governing bodies, international civil society Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Los Angeles, New York, Berlin Olympics, Crystal Palace, Seoul Olympics, Premier League, San Francisco, Winter Olympics, British Empire, Second World War, European Union, Barcelona Olympics, United Nations, Rupert Murdoch, Summer Games, Broadcasting Act, Disney World, Nazi Germany, Salt Lake City, South Africa, South Korea, Albert Speer, Atlanta Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Olympic Charter New!
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international public culture, imperial expos, touristic consumerism, movement citizenship, bid team, sport ideology, international expos, great public events, global media event, listed events, international sport events, media sport, games event, cultural citizenship, bidding game, cultural inclusion, media aspects, sport culture, major sport events, sport movement, global citizenship, sport governing bodies, international civil society Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Los Angeles, New York, Berlin Olympics, Crystal Palace, Seoul Olympics, Premier League, San Francisco, Winter Olympics, British Empire, Second World War, European Union, Barcelona Olympics, United Nations, Rupert Murdoch, Summer Games, Broadcasting Act, Disney World, Nazi Germany, Salt Lake City, South Africa, South Korea, Albert Speer, Atlanta Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Olympic Charter New!
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- Sport and International Politics: Impact of Facism and Communism on Sport by Pierre Arnaud on 5 pages
- Olympic Games by Lord Killanin on 4 pages
- Sport, Popular Culture and Identity (Chelsea School Research Centre Edition) by Maurice Roche in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Touring Cultures: Transformations of Travel and Theory by Chris Rojek in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- The Condition of Citizenship (Politics and Culture series) by Bart van Steenbergen in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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