Benchmark games : the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games / [edited by] Richard Cashman and Simon Darcy ; w...
Benchmark games : the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games / [edited by] Richard Cashman and Simon Darcy ; w...
Benchmark games : the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games / [edited by] Richard Cashman and Simon Darcy ; with a foreword by Karen Tighe.
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Publisher
Petersham, N.S.W. : Walla Walla Press in conjunction with the Australian Centre for Olympic Studies, University of Technology, Sydney, c2008.
Call Numbers
796.48/113 , N796.48/375
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Language
English
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Physical content
x, 278 p. : ill., map, ports. ; 23 cm.
Contents
PART 1: BECHMARKS BEFORE 2000 -- 1. Introduction (Richard Cashman and Simon Darcy) -- 2. The evolution of the Paralympic Games (Ian Brittain) -- 3. Paralympic benchmarks before 2000 (Richard Cashman) -- PART 2: THE SYDNEY 2000 PARALYMPIC GAMES -- 4. The benchmark Games (Richard Cashman) -- 5. Paraly...
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Publisher
Petersham, N.S.W. : Walla Walla Press in conjunction with the Australian Centre for Olympic Studies, University of Technology, Sydney, c2008.
Place of Publication
New South Wales
Date Published
c2008.
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Summary
"Benchmark Games is unique in that there has been no previous study of the staging and the legacy of a particular Paralympic Games. The book documents and analyses the new benchmarks that were set at the time of the successful Sydney Paralympic Games." "Benchmark Games explores many questions about the appeal of the Games to the community. It also...
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Full title
Benchmark games : the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games / [edited by] Richard Cashman and Simon Darcy ; with a foreword by Karen Tighe.
Portion of title
Sydney 2000 paralympic games.
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Includes index.
Bibliography: p. [246]-266.
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Date Copyright
c2008.
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796.48/113 , N796.48/375
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74VMQkvvvvNb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VMQkvvvvNb
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ISBN
9781876718053 (hbk.)
DDC
796.48
MMS ID
991000553939702626
