1st Edition
London, Europe and the Olympic Games Historical Perspectives
1. In the Shadow of Myron: The Impact of the Discobolus on Representations of Olympic Sport from Victorian Britain to Contemporary China 2. Modern Pentathlon at the London 2012 Olympics: Between Traditional Heritage and Modern Changes for Survival 3. London is Just Around the Corner: Belgium, Britain and Sport 4. Monarchy, Socialism and Modern Capitalism: Hungary’s Participation in Three London Olympic Games 5. From Best to Worst? Romania and Its Nostalgia for Olympic Successes 6. The Olympic Games in London 2012 from a Swedish Media Perspective 7. Close Strangers or Strange Friends? The London Olympics and Anglo-Norwegian Sports Relations in a Historical Perspective
Biography
Thierry Terret is a Professor of sports history at the University of Lyon (France) and the Rector of La Reunion Island in the Indian Ocean. His researches mainly focus on sport and gender, sport and politics and sport and European trans-culturality.
