Beyond the Final Score: The Politics of Sport in Asia
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1. Verfasser: Cha, Victor D. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Columbia University Press 2009
Schriftenreihe:Contemporary Asia in the World
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The Beijing Olympics will be remembered as the largest, most expensive, and most widely watched event of the modern Olympic era. But did China present itself as a responsible host and an emergent international power, much like Japan during the 1964 Tokyo Games and South Korea during the 1988 Seoul Games? Or was Beijing in 2008 more like Berlin in 1936, when Germany took advantage of the global spotlight to promote its political ideology at home and abroad? Beyond the Final Score takes an original look at the 2008 Beijing games within the context of the politics of sport in Asia. Asian athletic
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (201 p)
ISBN:9780231519298

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