Time and space in Beijing's Olympic bid

Norsk Geografisk Tidsskrift

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 217-227

  Haugen, Heidi Østbø ^a  

^a NONE   (Norway)

Author keywords

China; Hallmark events; Nationalism; Olympic Games; Place marketing

Indexed keywords

MARKETING; NATIONALISM; OLYMPIC GAMES; POLITICAL IDEOLOGY;

ASIA; BEIJING; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 26444434400     PISSN: 00291951     EISSN: 15025292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00291950500228238     Document Type: Article

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