UID:
almahu_9949507589902882
Format:
1 online resource (424 p.)
ISBN:
1-280-99788-5
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9786613769497
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0-472-02450-7
Series Statement:
New Media World
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
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Contents; Introduction; I. Defining Beijing 2008: Whose World, What Dream?; "One World, Different Dreams": The Contest to Dfine the Beijing Olympics; Olympic Values, Beijing's Olympic Games, and the Universal Market; On Seizing the Olympic Platform; II. Precedents and Perspectives; The Public Diplomacy of the Modern Olympic Games and China's Soft Power Strategy; "A Very Natural Choice": The Construction of Beijing as an Olympic City during the Bid Period; Dreams and Nightmares: History and U.S. Visions of the Beijing Games; The Fragility of Asian National Identity in the Olympic Games
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Toward the Future: The New Olympic InternationalismBeyond Media Events: Disenchantment, Derailment, Disruption; Author Biographies; Index
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-472-05032-X
Language:
English
