Mega-Events and Social Change: Spectacle, Legacy and Public Culture

by Maurice Roche

Book Overview

Contemporary mega-events like Olympics and Expos, together with the organisations which control them, can be risky and controversial projects. This book interprets how they reflect, mark and influence, deeper social changes in the media, cities and global geopolitics.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1526133873
• ISBN13: 9781526133878
• Release Date: January 2019
• Publisher: Manchester University Press
• Length: 344 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"