| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 256 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
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text file |
| Series |
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction : "welcome to hell" / Andrew Zimbalist -- Olympics in the twenty-first century : where does Rio 2016 fit in? / Jules Boykoff -- Brazil's Olympic rollercoaster / Juliana Barbassa -- Not everyone has a price : how the small favela of Vila Autódromo's fight opened a path to Olympic resistance / Theresa Williamson -- Architecture and urban design : the shaping of Rio 2016 Olympic legacies / Renata Latuf de Oliveira Sanchez and Stephen Essex -- Strictly confidential : access to information and the media in Rio / Jamil Chade -- Safety for whom? : securing Rio for the Olympics / Juliana Barbassa -- Green games : the Olympics, sustainability, and Rio 2016 / Jules Boykoff -- Economic legacy of Rio 2016 / Andrew Zimbalist. |
| Access |
Open Access Unrestricted online access |
| Summary |
"Rio 2016 assembles the views of leading experts on Brazil and the Olympics into a clear-eyed assessment of the impact of the games on Brazil in general and on the lives of Cariocas, as Rio's residents are known"--Publisher's website. |
| Local Note |
Project Muse Project Muse Open Access |
| Subject |
Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Political aspects.
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Olympic Games. |
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Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Social aspects.
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Tourism -- Social aspects -- Brazil.
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Tourism -- Social aspects. |
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Brazil. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books. .
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| Added Author |
Chade, Jamil, author.
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Essex, Stephen, author.
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Sanchez, Renata Latuf de Oliveira, author.
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Williamson, Theresa, author.
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Barbassa, Juliana, author.
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Boykoff, Jules, author.
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Zimbalist, Andrew S., editor.
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Project Muse, distributor.
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| ISBN |
9780815732464 |
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0815732465 |
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0815732457 |
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9780815732457 |
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