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Official posters of the summer and winter Olympic Games 1896-2004.
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Olympic Stadia provides a comprehensive account of the development of stadia including but not limited to: developments
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This book offers a detailed account of the employment promises made to local East Londoners when the Summer Olympic Game
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On August 26, 1960, twenty-three-year-old Danish cyclist Knud Jensen, competing in that year's Rome Olympic Games,
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Moscow’s ties with the Islamic Republic of Iran underwent dramatic fluctuations following Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini’s
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African American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos protesting racial segregation in the United States in 1968. Hitl
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The Olympic Games have had two lives--the first lasted for a millennium with celebrations every four years at Olympia to
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Do the Olympic Games really live up to their glowing reputation? As the biggest global sport mega-event, the Olympics co
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This book explores how cultural policies are reflected in the design, management and promotion of the Olympic Games. Gar
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