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The austerity Olympics : when the Games came to London in 1948 / Janie Hampton ; introduction by Sebastian Coe.
- Title
- The austerity Olympics : when the Games came to London in 1948 / Janie Hampton ; introduction by Sebastian Coe.
- Author
- Hampton, Janie.
- Publication
- London : Aurum, 2008.
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| Text | Request in advance | GV722 1948 .H35 2008 | Off-site |
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- Additional Authors
- Coe, Sebastian
- Description
- ix, 350 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.
- Summary
- London 2012 Olympics is fast approaching, with new developments and plans causing huge excitement the world over. Yet, this multi-million pound corporate extravaganza could not be further from the realities of the 1948 'Ration Book Olympics' which took place with London a bombed out ruin and Britain in deep economic crisis. The resulting games were not only an amazing achievement in terms of organisation, thrift and invention - being the most successful, inexpensive and unpretentious games of the 20th century - but also something for the world to celebrate following the long years of war and strain.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-333) and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- ISBN
- 9781845133344 (hbk.)
- 184513334X (hbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2008425099
- OCLC
- 212431840
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library