London, Europe and the Olympic Games (ePub)
London hosted the Olympic Games for the third time in 2012, a mega-event where the political, economic and social expectations could hardly be compared with the previous London Games of 1908 and 1948. In addition, the Olympic Games went back to Europe in...
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London hosted the Olympic Games for the third time in 2012, a mega-event where the political, economic and social expectations could hardly be compared with the previous London Games of 1908 and 1948. In addition, the Olympic Games went back to Europe in 2012 after a long period where (apart from Athens in 2004) they were held by cities in other continents. In London, the world watched the Games. Continental Europe, however, generated a particular attitude based on the special relations it had developed historically with England. At the crossing point of history, cultural studies and geopolitics, this book provides new insights on the significance of the Olympic Games. It considers that the Games are the right window to look at both the past and the current relations between England and its closest continental neighbours. It will be ideal for students and academics working in sport sciences, cultural history, political science and European studies; amateur and professional sports historians; Olympic followers and experts in Olympic studies.
This book was published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.
Thierry Terret is a Professor of sports history at the University of Lyon (France) and the Rector of La Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. His researches mainly focus on sport and gender, sport and politics and sport and European trans-culturality.
- 2015, 160 Seiten, Englisch
- Herausgegeben: Thierry Terret
- Verlag: Taylor & Francis
- ISBN-10: 1317745787
- ISBN-13: 9781317745785
- Erscheinungsdatum: 14.10.2015
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