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Synopsis
FROM 'THE SMARTEST AND GUTSIEST SPORTSWRITER IN AMERICA'
The leading US commentator on the politics of sports explores the coming Olympics in Brazil.
The people of Brazil celebrated when they learned that in the space of two years their country would host the world's two largest sporting events: the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016. Now they are protesting in numbers the country hasn't seen in decades.
Dave Zirin relies on fieldwork from the most dangerous corners of Rio to the halls of power in Washington, DC, exposing how sports and politics have collided in spectacular fashion. One of the Boston Globe's 'Best Sports Books of 2014', this edition has been newly updated to assess the final tally of debt and displacement that accompanied the 2014 World Cup, eyewitness accounts of the militarised police crackdown and new reporting on the pre-Olympic plans furthering immiseration in cities across Brazil.
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Review
"If you want to understand this year's Olympic games more deeply, this is definitely the book for you." --Bustle
"This book is a great exposé of the international-mega-event industrial complex." --rs21
"This book is a great read for anyone who cares deeply about social justice: it shows how mega-events deepen social injustices and argues that sport is a political field." --Book Riot
About the Author
One of the UTNE Reader's '50 Visionaries Who Are Changing Our World', Dave Zirin is a columnist for The Nation, SLAM magazine and Sports Illustrated. He is the host of Sirius XM's popular weekly show Edge of Sports Radio and a regular guest on ESPN's Outside the Lines and on MSNBC. His previous books include A People's History of Sports in the United States (2009, The New Press, available from Turnaround) and Bad Sports: How Owners Are Ruining the Games We Love (2012, The New Press). He lives near Washington, D.C.
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- PublisherHaymarket Books
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 1608465896
- ISBN 13 9781608465897
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages296
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