Hosting the Olympic Games reveals the true costs involved for the cities that hold these large-scale sporting events. It uncovers the financing of the Games, re

Part III City Portraits -- 13 Berlin 1936 -- 14 Mexico City 1968 -- 15 Munich 1972 -- 16 Sydney 2000 -- 17 Athens 2004 -- 18 Beijing 2008 -- 19 London 2012 -- 2

This volume provides an overview of the changing relationship between cities and the Olympic Games, starting from the year 1896. Blending critical conceptual in

Providing a full overview of the changing relationship between cities and the Olympic events, this substantially revised and enlarged edition builds on the succ