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Other Sports » Olympics & Athletics » Olympics & Athletics Books » Olympics History » FIVE RING CIRCUS - MONEY, POWER AND POLITICS AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES

FIVE RING CIRCUS - MONEY, POWER AND POLITICS AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES

FIVE RING CIRCUS - MONEY, POWER AND POLITICS AT THE OLYMPIC GAMES

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Contrasts the Olympic ideal with the nationalism, racism, sexism and increasing commercialisation which had blighted the Games in the decades leading up to Los Angeles in 1984.

8vo. 116pp. Paperback. Very good condition.

Date
1984
Publisher
Pluto Press Limited
Author
Alan TOMLINSON and Garry WHANNEL (eds.)

£12.00 (Code: 76294)

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