TY - BOOK AU - Howell,Paul Charles TI - The Montreal Olympics: an insider's view of organizing a self-financing games SN - 9780773576568 AV - GV722 .H69 2009eb U1 - 796.48 22 PY - 2009/// CY - Montreal [Que], Ithaca [N.Y.] PB - McGill-Queen's University Press KW - Montreal Olympic Organizing Committee KW - History KW - Olympic Games KW - (21st KW - 1976 KW - Montréal, Québec) KW - fast KW - Olympics KW - Planning KW - Jeux olympiques KW - Planification KW - SPORTS & RECREATION KW - bisacsh KW - HISTORY KW - Canada KW - Post-Confederation (1867- ) KW - Electronic books N1 - 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; Electronic reproduction; [Place of publication not identified]; HathiTrust Digital Library; 2010 N2 - 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 UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=404600 ER -