Sport, revolution and the Beijing Olympics / Grant Jarvie, Dong-Jhy Hwang and Mel Brennan.

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Jarvie, Grant, 1955-

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Berg, 2008.Edition: English edDescription: 165 p. ; 25 cmISBN:

9781845201005 (cloth)
1845201000 (cloth)
9781845201012 (pbk.)
1845201019 (pbk.)

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DDC classification:

796.48 22
306.4'83'0951 22

LOC classification:

GV722 2008 .J37 2008

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Summary: This cultural history of sport in China challenges many such ingrained Western assumptions. The authors unpick the relationship of sport to imperialism and revolution and examine its significance in both China and Taiwan at governmental and everyday levels.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	LRC General Stacks	Non-fiction	796.48 JAR (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	B0044457

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [147]-161) and index.

This cultural history of sport in China challenges many such ingrained Western assumptions. The authors unpick the relationship of sport to imperialism and revolution and examine its significance in both China and Taiwan at governmental and everyday levels.

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