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Providing A Full Overview Of The Changing Relationship Between Cities And The Olympic Events, This Substantially Revised And Enlarged Edition Builds On The Success Of Its Predecessor. Its Coverage Takes Account Of Important New Scholarship As Well As Adding Reflections On The Experience Of Staging Beijing 2008 And Vancouver 2010, The State Of Preparations For London 2012, And The Plans For The Games Scheduled For Sochi In 2014 And Rio De Janeiro 2016. The Book Is Divided Into Three Parts That Provide Overviews Of The Urban Legacy Of The Four Component Olympic Festivals; Systematic Surveys Of Five Key Aspects Of Activity Involved In Staging The Olympics; And Ten Chronologically Arranged Portraits Of Host Cities. As Controversy Over The Growing Size And Expense Of The Olympics Continues, This Timely Assessment Of The Games' Development And The Complex Agendas That Host Cities Attach To The Event Will Be Essential Reading For Urban And Sports Historians, Urban Geographers, Planners And All Concerned With Understanding The Relationship Between Cities And Culture. 1. Introduction / John R. Gold And Margaret M. Gold -- Part 1: The Olympic Festivals -- 2. From A To B: The Summer Olympics, 1896-2008 / John R. Gold And Margaret M. Gold -- 3. The Winter Olympics: Driving Urban Change, 1924-2014 / Stephen J. Essex -- 4. The Cultural Olympiads: Reviving The Panegyris / Margaret M. Gold And George Revill -- 5. The Paralympics / John R. Gold And Margaret M. Gold -- Part 2: Planning And Management -- 6. Financing The Games / Paul Kitchin -- 7. Promoting The Olympic City / Stephen V. Ward -- 8. Olympic Security / Jon Coaffee And Peter Fussey -- 9. Urban Regeneration And Renewal / Jon Coaffee -- 10. Olympic Tourism / Mike Weed -- Part 3: City Portraits -- 11. Berlin 1936 / Monika Meyer-künzel -- 12. Mexico City 1968 / Michael Barke -- 13. Montreal 1976 / Daniel Latouche -- 14. Barcelona 1992 / Francisco-javier Monclús -- 15. Sydney 2000 / Beatriz García -- 16. Athens 2004 / Margaret M. Gold -- 17. Beijing 2008 / Ian G. Cook And Stephen Miles -- 18. London 2012 / Graeme Evans -- 19. Rio De Janeiro 2016 / John R. Gold -- 20. Afterword John R. Gold And Margaret M. Gold. Edited By John R. Gold And Margaret M. Gold. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.