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Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry

Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry

H. Lenskyj

H. Lenskyj. Gender Politics and the Olympic Industry Helen Jefferson Lenskyj University of Toronto, Canada © Helen Jefferson Lenskyj 2013 Softcover reprint of the hardcover. DOI: 10.1057/9781137291158 Title.
Sexual Diversity and the Sochi 2014 Olympics: No More Rainbows

Sexual Diversity and the Sochi 2014 Olympics: No More Rainbows

H. Lenskyj

No More Rainbows H. Lenskyj. Sexual Diversity and the Sochi 2014 Olympics: No More Rainbows Helen Jefferson Lenskyj ProfessorEmerita,University of Toronto,Canada © Helen Jefferson Lenskyj 2014 All rights reserved. No reproduction,
Inside the Olympic Industry: Power, Politics, and Activism

Inside the Olympic Industry: Power, Politics, and Activism

Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

Analysis from the perspective of those adversely affected by the social, economic, political, and environmental impacts of hosting an Olympic Games.
Olympic Industry Resistance: Challenging Olympic Power and ...

Olympic Industry Resistance: Challenging Olympic Power and ...

Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

A critical look at the Olympics in the postbribery, post-9/11 era, particularly at consequences for host cities and so-called “Olympic education” for schoolchildren.
Best Olympics Ever?, The: Social Impacts of Sydney 2000

Best Olympics Ever?, The: Social Impacts of Sydney 2000

Helen Jefferson Lenskyj

Uses the Sydney Olympics as a prism through which to explore recent Olympic scandals, media coverage, reform efforts, and controversies.
Activism and the Olympics: Dissent at the Games in Vancouver ...

Activism and the Olympics: Dissent at the Games in Vancouver ...

Jules Boykoff

Carrington,Race, Sport, and Politics, 7. Alan Tomlinson, “The Making—and Unmaking?—ofthe Olympic Corporate Class,” in The Palgrave Handbook ofOlympic Studies, ed. Helen Jefferson Lenskyj and Stephen Wagg, 233–247 ( Basingstoke, ...
National Identity and Global Sports Events: Culture, ...

National Identity and Global Sports Events: Culture, ...

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Paradoxes of Youth and Sport Helen Jefferson Lenskyj, The Best Olympics Ever? Social Impacts ofSydney 2000 Anne Bolin and Jane Granskog (eds.), Athletic Intruders; Ethnographic Research on Women, Culture, and Exercise Ralph C.
The London Olympics of 2012: Politics, Promises and Legacy

The London Olympics of 2012: Politics, Promises and Legacy

Stephen Wagg

5 Rick Gruneau and Robert Neubauer, 'A gold medal for the market: the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, the Reagan era and the politics of neoliberalism', in Helen Jefferson Lenskyj and Stephen Wagg (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Olympic ...
Thomas Jefferson's Image of New England: Nationalism Versus ...

Thomas Jefferson's Image of New England: Nationalism Versus ...

Arthur Scherr

For Jefferson's view of Montesquieu, see David W. Carrithers, “Montesquieu, Jefferson, and the Fundamentals of ... Jefferson to John Melish, January 13, 1813 , in J. Jefferson Looney, ed., Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series, Vol.
Inside the Olympic Industry: Power, Politics, and Activism

Inside the Olympic Industry: Power, Politics, and Activism

Helen Lenskyj

Analysis from the perspective of those adversely affected by the social, economic, political, and environmental impacts of hosting an Olympic Games.
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 8: ...

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 8: ...

Thomas Jefferson

1 October 1814 to 31 August 1815 Thomas Jefferson J. Jefferson Looney ... OxfordshireOX20 1TW All Rights Reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data Jefferson, Thomas, 1743–1826 The papers of Thomas Jefferson .
The Best Olympics Ever?: Social Impacts of Sydney 2000

The Best Olympics Ever?: Social Impacts of Sydney 2000

Helen Lenskyj

The second case involved a UNSW lecturer, Cathy Sherry, who wrote a letter to the Sydney Morning Herald editor, in which she was critical of the federal government's record on native title settlements. A federal member of Parliament ...
Thomas Jefferson on Wine

Thomas Jefferson on Wine

John R. Hailman

Dr. J. Jefferson Looney, editor of the Retirement Series of the Jefferson Papers at Monticello, discovered in 2004 this last wine letter. For generations it was believed that Jefferson's last letter was written on June 24 to the mayor of Washington, ...
Traditions and Values: American Diplomacy, 1790-1865

Traditions and Values: American Diplomacy, 1790-1865

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Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, December 15, 1807, Jefferson to Gideon Granger, January 22, 1808, Jefferson to William Cabell, March 13, 1808, Jefferson Papers; Nathaniel Macon to Joseph Hooper Nicholson, February 20, 1808, Joseph ...
Jefferson's Extracts from the Gospels: The Philosophy of ...

Jefferson's Extracts from the Gospels: The Philosophy of ...

Dickinson W. Adams

LлвкАку от СомокEss САтАLocINo IN РuвысАтом DАТА Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826. Jefferson's extracts from the Gospels. (Papers of Thomas Jefferson. Second series) Includes index. 1. Вible. N.Т. Gospels—Criticism, interpretation, etc.
A Companion to Thomas Jefferson

A Companion to Thomas Jefferson

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Francis D. Cogliano. character to do so. But it was not celebrity during their lifetimes that mattered; the much longed-for goal was fame in posterity. Jefferson biographer Fawn Brodie observed that “Jefferson had a superb sense of history and ...
Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves

Master of the Mountain: Thomas Jefferson and His Slaves

Henry Wiencek

" Many people of Jefferson's time saw a catastrophe coming and tried to stop it, but not Jefferson. The pursuit of happiness had been badly distorted, and an oligarchy was getting very rich. Is this the quintessential American story?
Jefferson's Secrets: Death and Desire at Monticello

Jefferson's Secrets: Death and Desire at Monticello

Andrew Burstein

A powerful portrait of Thomas Jefferson focuses on Jefferson's final days and uncovers the president's thoughts about his own legacy, his predictions for American democracy, and his feelings regarding women and children. 50,000 first ...
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 12 August 1810 to 17 June 1811

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 12 August 1810 to 17 June 1811

Thomas Jefferson

The Retirement Series is documenting Jefferson's written legacy between his return to private life on 4 March 1809 and his death on 4 July 1826.
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 7: ...

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Retirement Series, Volume 7: ...

Thomas Jefferson

28 November 1813 to 30 September 1814 Thomas Jefferson J. Jefferson Looney . Copyright © 2010 by Princeton University Press Published by Princeton University Press, 41 William Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08540 In the United ...
Thomas Jefferson: Reputation and Legacy

Thomas Jefferson: Reputation and Legacy

Francis D. Cogliano

This book provides a useful study of Jefferson’s construction of his own historical image, and the reconstructions of that image that have occurred over the past half-century."—Simon Newman, University of Glasgow In Thomas Jefferson: ...
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement series

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement series

Thomas Jefferson

Finally, this volume records the most intense period of correspondence between Jefferson and John Adams during their retirement. In an exchange of thirty-one letters, the two men reveal their hopes and fears for the nation.
Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings

Jefferson Davis: The Essential Writings

Jefferson Davis

This volume, the first of its kind, is a selected collection of his writings culled in large part from the authoritative Papers of Jefferson Davis, a multivolume edition of his letters and speeches published by the Louisiana State ...
The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 4 March to 15 November 1809

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: 4 March to 15 November 1809

Thomas Jefferson

The Retirement Series documents Jefferson's written legacy between his return to private life on 4 March 1809 and his death on 4 July 1826.
Akron Aviation:

Akron Aviation:

James I. Pryor II

Helen Ball was a stunt pilot from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. This autographed photograph was given to Helen Waterhouse. It reads: “To Helen, With Kind Thoughts of Issoudun, Helen Ball.” Note the flight clothes. Aviators, in particular women ...
The Bone Yard: A Body Farm Thriller

The Bone Yard: A Body Farm Thriller

Jefferson Bass

First published in Great Britain in 2011 by Quercus 21 Bloomsbury Square LondonWC1A 2NS Copyright © 2011 by Jefferson Bass The moral right of Jefferson Bass to be identified asthe author ofthis work has been asserted in accordance ...
The Mind of Thomas Jefferson

The Mind of Thomas Jefferson

Peter S. Onuf

Peter S. Onuf. Thomas Jefferson: A Reference Biography (New York, 1986), 453– 79. The most complete bibliographies are Shuffelton, Thomas Jefferson, Annotated Bibliography of Writings about Him, 1826–1980 (New York, 1983); and ...
N. Y. Supreme Court Papers on Appeal

N. Y. Supreme Court Papers on Appeal

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HELEN MERRITT, HELEN MERRI'I'T. About Nov. 1st, 1891, Rec'd bal. of 1 year's interest. HELEN MERRIT'l'. S. H. MERRITT. Rec'd interest to May 1, 1892. $140. HELEN MERRITT. Rec'd interest to May 1, 1893. $140. HELEN MERRITT.
Thomas Jefferson: Draftsman of a Nation

Thomas Jefferson: Draftsman of a Nation

Natalie Bober

This book faces the fact that Jefferson was a flawed human being--and insists that this does not disqualify him as a hero.

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