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Olympic cities : city agendas, planning and the world's games, 1896-2020 / edited by John R. Gold and Margaret M. Gold.

Contributor(s): Gold, John R, 1949- [editor.] | Gold, Margaret M [editor.]Material type: TextTextSeries: Planning, history and environment seriesPublisher: London : Routledge, 2017Edition: 3rd editionDescription: xviii, 484 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781138832695 (pbk.) :Subject(s): City planning | Civic improvement | Olympics -- Planning -- History | Architecture and Planning | Architecture and PlanningDDC classification: 711.4'5 Summary: This volume provides an overview of the changing relationship between cities and the Olympic Games, starting from the year 1896. Blending critical conceptual insight with grounded case studies, this book, divided into three parts, explores the historical experience of staging the Olympics from the point of view of the host city.
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Previous edition: 2011.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This volume provides an overview of the changing relationship between cities and the Olympic Games, starting from the year 1896. Blending critical conceptual insight with grounded case studies, this book, divided into three parts, explores the historical experience of staging the Olympics from the point of view of the host city.

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