Beijing Olympiad: The Political Economy of a Sporting Mega-Event

Contributor(s): Close, Paul (Author), Askew, David (Author), Xin, Xu (Author)

ISBN: 9780415357005

Publisher: Routledge

Hardcover

$275.00

Pub Date: November 28, 2006

Dewey: 796.48

LCCN: 2006018425

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.81" H x 9.48" L x 6.30" W ( 1.19 lbs) 272 pages

BISAC Categories:

Sports and Recreation | General

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The Beijing Olympiad examines what value the 2008 Games will be to the people of China, will they serve the purposes of the dominant political, economic and cultural groups at and between the local, regional and global levels of modern social life?

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