The Gold in the Rings: The People and Events That Transformed the Olympic Games (Sport and Society) - Tapa blanda

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Wenn, Stephen R; Barney, Robert

 
9780252084522: The Gold in the Rings: The People and Events That Transformed the Olympic Games (Sport and Society)
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ISBN 10: 0252084527 ISBN 13: 9780252084522
Editorial: University of Illinois Press, 2020

Sinopsis

Once a showcase for amateur athletics, the Olympic Games have become a global entertainment colossus powered by corporate sponsorship and professional participation. Stephen R. Wenn and Robert K. Barney offer the inside story of this transformation by examining the far-sighted leadership and decision-making acumen of four International Olympic Committee (IOC) presidents: Avery Brundage, Lord Killanin, Juan Antonio Samaranch, and Jacques Rogge. Blending biography with historical storytelling, the authors explore the evolution of Olympic commercialism from Brundage's uneasy acceptance of television rights fees through the revenue generation strategies that followed the Salt Lake City bid scandal to the present day. Throughout, Wenn and Barney draw on their decades of studying Olympic history to dissect the personalities, conflicts, and controversies behind the Games' embrace of the business of spectacle.

Entertaining and expert, The Gold in the Rings maps the Olympics' course from paragon of purity to billion-dollar profits.

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Acerca del autor

Stephen R. Wenn is a professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Physical Education at Wilfrid Laurier University. Robert K. Barney is professor emeritus and founding director emeritus of the International Center for Olympic Studies at the School of Kinesiology at Western University. They are the authors (with Scott Martyn) of Tarnished Rings: The International Olympic Committee and the Salt Lake City Bid Scandal.

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Editorial
University of Illinois Press
Año de publicación
2020
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0252084527
ISBN 13 
9780252084522
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Número de páginas
360
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9780252042683: The Gold in the Rings: The People and Events That Transformed the Olympic Games (Sport and Society)

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Editorial: University of Illinois Press, 2020
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