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1 online resource |
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text file |
| Series |
Knowledge Unlatched Select 2017 (on order)
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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. |
| 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. |
| Note |
This work is licensed by Knowledge Unlatched under a Creative Commons license https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode |
| Local Note |
JSTOR Books at JSTOR Open Access |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Social aspects.
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Olympic Games. |
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Olympic Games (31st : 2016 : Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) -- Political 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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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Zimbalist, Andrew S., editor.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 0815732457 9780815732457 (OCoLC)978537867 |
| ISBN |
0815732465 (electronic book) |
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9780815732457 (electronic book) |
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0815732457 (electronic book) |
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9780815732464 (electronic book) |
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