Re-thinking the Legacy 2012: The Olympics as commodity and gift

Twenty-First Century Society

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 297-312

  MacRury, Iain ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 57049188446     PISSN: 17450144     EISSN: 17450152     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17450140802447238     Document Type: Article

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