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The triple Asian Olympics：Asia rising : the pursuit of national identity, international recognition and global esteem

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Group Author: Collins Sandra S.; Ok Gwang.; Mangan J. A.
Published: Routledge,
Publisher Address: London New York
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: Sport in the global society. Historical perspectives
Subjects:
Olympic games > 1988 > Seoul, Korea)
Olympic games > 2008 > Beijing, China)
Olympic games > 1964 > Tokyo, Japan)
Olympics > Political aspects > East Asia.
Olympics > Participation, East Asian > History.
Sports > Social aspects > East Asia.
Sports and globalization > History.
Nationalism > East Asia.
Sports and state > East Asia.
East Asia > Relations.
Carrier Form: xix, 197 p.: ill., ports. ; 26 cm.
ISBN: 9780415529884
0415529883
Index Number: G811
CLC: G811.21
Call Number: G811.21/T835
Contents: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Preface : Korean conjunction : a meeting of East and West / Gwang Ok -- Prologue : the new Asia : global transformation, regional ascendancy, and metaphorical modernity / J.A. Mangan -- East Asian Olympic desires : identity on the global stage in the 1964 Tokyo, 1988 Seoul and 2008 Beijing games / Sandra Collins -- East Asian Olympics, Beijing 2008, and the globalisation of sport / William W. Kelly -- Catching up : understanding the pursuit of major games by rising developmental states / David Black and Byron Peacock -- A comparative analysis of the Olympic impact in East Asia : from Japan, South Korea to China / Ying Yu and Jiangyong Liu ...

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