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Explores the historical experience of staging the Olympics from the point of view of the host city, from 1896 to the present day.

Produktbeschreibung
Explores the historical experience of staging the Olympics from the point of view of the host city, from 1896 to the present day.
Autorenporträt
John R. Gold is Professor of Human Geography and a member of the Institute for Historical and Cultural Research at Oxford Brookes University. The winner of the 1999 Aesop Prize, his main research interests are currently concerned with the history of staging international festivals and with architectural history, particularly the impact of architectural modernism on urban reconstruction. The most recent of his eleven books are Representing the Environment (Routledge, 2004) and Cities of Culture: Staging International Festivals and the Urban Agenda, 1851-2000 (Ashgate, 2005).

Margaret M. Gold is Senior Lecturer in Arts and Heritage Management at London Metropolitan University and a member of its International Institute for Culture, Tourism and Development. Her main interests are in culture and heritage, with numerous publications in the area of tourism and cultural identity. She has previously published two books (both with John R. Gold): Imagining Scotland: tradition, representation and promotion in Scottish tourism since 1750 (Scolar Press, 1995) and Cities of Culture: Staging International Festivals and the Urban Agenda, 1851-2000 (Ashgate, 2005).
Professor John Bale, School of Education, Keele University, Keele, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG.

Professor Brian Chalkley, Department of Geography, School of Geography and Geology, University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK

Dr Jon Coaffee, Global Urban Research Unit, School of Architecture, Planning and Landscape, University of Newcastle, NE1 7RU, UK

Dr Stephen Essex, Department of Geography, School of Geography and Geology, (Room 18, 24 QAT), University of Plymouth, Drake Circus, Plymouth, PL4 8AA, UK

Professor Graeme Evans, Director, Cities Institute, London Metropolitan University, North Campus, Ladbroke House, 62-66 Highbury Grove, London N5 2AD, UK

Dr Jo Foord, Cities Institute, London Metropolitan University, North Campus, Ladbroke House, 62-66 Highbury Grove, London N5 2AD, UK

Graeme Ford, School of Social Sciences and Law, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK.

Dr Beatriz Garcia, Centre for Cultural Policy Research, Gilmorehill Centre, University of Glasgow, G12 8QQ

Professor Daniel Latouche, INRS-Urbanisation, Culture et Socit, University of Quebec at Montral, 3465, rue Durocher, Montral, Qubec H2X 2C6, Canada

Dr Sarah Loy, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University, 950 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01610, USA

Professor Francisco-Javier Monclus, Departament dUrbanisme i Ordenacio del Territori, Universitat Politcnica de Catalunya, Escola Tcnica Superior dArquitectura de Valls, Barcelona, Spain.

Dr George Revill, School of Social Sciences and Law, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP, UK.

Professor Stephen Ward, School of Planning, Oxford Brookes University, Gipsy Lane, Headington, Oxford, OX3 0BP.
Oxford Brookes University, UK
London Metropolitan University, UK