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The Montreal Olympics : an insider's view of organizing a self-financing games / Paul Charles Howell.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Montreal [Que] ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009.Description: 1 online resource (x, 235 pages) : illustrations, digital fileContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780773576568
  • 0773576568
  • 1282867008
  • 9781282867000
  • 9786612867002
  • 6612867000
  • 0773582592
  • 9780773582590
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Montreal Olympics.DDC classification:
  • 796.48 22
LOC classification:
  • GV722 .H69 2009eb
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Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. Olympic Aspirations -- 3. Doing the Research -- 4. Beginning the Work -- 5. Making the Plan -- 6. 1974 and the World Cycling Championships -- 7. 1975 -- Like Clockwork -- 8. First Seven Months of 1976 -- 9. Eye of the Beholder -- App. A. Financial Statements of the Organizing Committee of the 1976 Olympic Games -- App. B. List of PAPS, January 1976.
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Summary: The 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics were the riveting games the world had ever seen. This title offers an insider's perspective on how this complex, expensive, and politicized event was organized within the constraints imposed by limited resources, an unyielding deadline, and intense pressures from international and local special interest groups.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-230) and index.

1. Introduction -- 2. Olympic Aspirations -- 3. Doing the Research -- 4. Beginning the Work -- 5. Making the Plan -- 6. 1974 and the World Cycling Championships -- 7. 1975 -- Like Clockwork -- 8. First Seven Months of 1976 -- 9. Eye of the Beholder -- App. A. Financial Statements of the Organizing Committee of the 1976 Olympic Games -- App. B. List of PAPS, January 1976.

The 1976 Montreal Summer Olympics were the riveting games the world had ever seen. This title offers an insider's perspective on how this complex, expensive, and politicized event was organized within the constraints imposed by limited resources, an unyielding deadline, and intense pressures from international and local special interest groups.

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