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Olympic Aspirations surveys more than a century of efforts to put Olympic ideals into practice came to life in nations around the world. The project came to life in China at the world renowned annual Beijing Academic Forum just months after the city hosted the impressive 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Pertinently, one section of the Forum was devoted to the impact of the Olympic Movement on China and on China's image in the world. The tone of that section was too self-congratulatory at times for some present. The outcome after discussion that continued into late 2010 was Olympic Aspirations: Realized and Unrealised. It serves as a companion volume to the well -received Olympic Legacies: Intended and Unintended, drawing on expertise from academics in all parts of the world. Both volumes have a similar purpose: to record Olympic ideals achieved but more importantly, to stimulate reflection on those as yet unachieved. Both volumes are constructive in approach, positive in tone and optimistic in attitude. Olympic Aspirations contributes original and insightful arguments aimed at the making progress toward the improvement of the Olympic Movement. In concert with Olympic Legacies, these volumes present two sides of the same coin minted to advance the purity of the Olympic 'coinage'. This book was originally published as a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport.

Table of Contents:
1. Prologue: Concerns, Confidence, Caveats J.A. Mangan Future Aspirations 2. Olympic Challenges Helmut Digel 3. How Green Will My (Lea) Valley Be? Olympic Aspirations: Rhetoric or Reality Peter Horton and Dwight H. Zakus 4. Manly Displays: Exhibitions and the Revival of the Olympic Games Lia Paradis 5. Planning and Reconversion of Olympic Heritages: The Montreal Olympic Stadium Romain Roult and Sylvain Lefebvre 6. Mexico City 1968: Oscillating Aspirations Keith Brewster 7. Post-Sydney 2000 Australia: A Potential Clash of Aspirations Between Recreational and Elite Sport Kristine Toohey 8. Athens' Post-Olympic Aspirations and the Extent of their Realization Penelope Kissoudi Recent Past Aspirations 9. The Beijing Games, National Identity and Modernization in China Dong Jinxia 10. Olympic Aspirations: Reconstructed Images, National Identity and International Integration Ying Yu 11. Beijing 2008: Volunteerism in Chinese Culture and its Olympic Interpretation and Influence Juan Zhuang 12. The Effect of Beijing 2008 on China's Image in the United States: A Study of US Media and Polls Nafees A. Syed 13. The ‘Black Auxiliaries’ in American Memories: Sport, Race and Politics in the Construction of Modern Legacies John Gleaves and Mark Dyreson 14. Outsiders: Muslim Women and Olympic Games – Barriers and Opportunities Gertrud Pfister Coming Aspirations 15. ‘Team GB’ and London 2012: The Paradox of National and Global Identities Iain MacRury and Gavin Poynter Mega-Event Global Aspirations 16. Olympiads as Mega-events and the Pace of Globalization: Beijing 2008 in Context Paul Close 17. The Geopolitics of Global Aspiration: Sport Mega-events and Emerging Powers Scarlett Cornelissen 18. Perspectives of Sport in a Global World Helmut Digel 19. Epilogue: Showcases for Global Aspirations: Meditations on the Histories of Olympic Games and World's Fairs Mark Dyreson

About the Author :
J.A. Mangan is Emeritus Professor, University of Strathclyde, UK, Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and Founding Editor of the International Journal of the History of Sport and the series Sport in the Global Society Mark Dyreson is Professor of Kinesiology and History at the Pennsylvania State University, USA, a former president of the North American Society for Sport History, and the author of several books on the history of sport.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780415525862
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publisher Imprint: Routledge
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 420
  • Sub Title: Realised and Unrealised
  • Width: 174 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0415525861
  • Publisher Date: 08 May 2012
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives
  • Weight: 997 gr


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