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CityEvents : place selling in a media age / Ward Rennen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Rennen, Ward.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- City promotion--Europe.
- City promotion.
- Sports--Europe--Marketing.
- Sports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (276 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam : Vossiuspers UvA : Amsterdam University Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A historical inquiry into the ways European cities have used large international events to raise their profile internationally.
- Contents:
- Acknowledgement; Contents; 1. Introduction; 2. City events; 3. Place as a network event; Part 2: Reordering and Renaming place in Modernity; Preface to Part 2; 4. The 1928 Amsterdam Olympics; 5. The Nazi Olympics; 6. The Helsinki Olympics of 1952; Conclusion of Part 2; Part 3: Towards a Festive Programming of the City; Introduction to Part 3; 7. Ach' 87: Amsterdam European Capital of Culture 1987; 8. E-88: Berlin European City of Culture 1988; 9. HEL.2000.FI: Helsinki, one of the nine European Cities of Culture 2000; Conclusion to Part 3; 10. Bringing Developments together; Primary Sources
- BiographyDutch Summary
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 90-485-0198-9
- OCLC:
- 310981599
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