TY  - BOOK
AU  - Toohey,Kristine
AU  - Veal,Anthony James
TI  - The Olympic games: a social science perspective 
SN  - 9780851998091 (alk. paper)
AV  - GV721.5 .T64 2007
U1  - 796.48/TOO 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK, Cambridge, MA
PB  - CABI Pub.
KW  - Olympics
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - History
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Studying the Olympic games -- The ancient Olympics and their relevance to the modern games -- The revival of the Olympic games -- The modern Olympic phenomenon -- Politics, nationalism, and the Olympic movement -- The economics and financing of the games -- The Olympics and the mass media -- Doping and the Olympics -- Women and the Olympic games -- Case-studies of the summer Olympic games -- The future of the Olympic games
UR  - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0803/2007025556.html
ER  -