The best Olympics ever? : social impacts of Sydney 2000 / Helen Jefferson Lenskyj.
The best Olympics ever? : social impacts of Sydney 2000 / Helen Jefferson Lenskyj.
The best Olympics ever? : social impacts of Sydney 2000 / Helen Jefferson Lenskyj.
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Albany : State University of New York Press, c2002.
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T0364762
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English
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Physical content
x, 262 p. ; 24 cm.
Contents
1. The Mass Media: Olympic Industry Boosters and Critics -- 2. Police, Protest, and Olympic Legislation: "You've Got to Keep the Buggers under Control" -- 3. Black and White Australia: Reconciliation and Sydney 2000 -- 4. "You Can't Share the Spirit if You Can't Pay the Rent": Housing and Homelessne...
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Publisher
Albany : State University of New York Press, c2002.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
c2002.
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Summary
"Despite International Olympic Committee president Juan Antonio Samarach's proclaiming the Sydney 2000 Olympics as the "best ever," the truth of the matter is much less one-sided. In The Best Olympics Ever? Helen Jefferson Lenskyi discloses what the Sydney 2000 Olympic industry suppressed: the real costs and impacts."--BOOK JACKET.
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The best Olympics ever? : social impacts of Sydney 2000 / Helen Jefferson Lenskyj.
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SUNY series, sport, culture, and social relations.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 237-256) and index.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from 796.48/343.
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c2002.
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T0364762
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74VvxDk05moy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvxDk05moy
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ISBN
0791454738 (hbk. : alk. paper)
9780791454732 (alk. paper)
0791454738 (alk. paper)
9780791454749 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0791454746 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780791454732 (hbk. : alk. paper)
DDC
796.48
MMS ID
991016637329702626
