National Identity and Global Sports Events -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Culture, Politics, and Spectacle in the Global Sports Event-An Introduction by Alan Tomlinson and Christopher Young -- 2. The Theory of Spectacle: Reviewing Olympic Ethnography by John J. MacAloon -- 3. Italy 1934: Football and Fascism by Robert S. C. Gordon and John London -- 4. Berlin 1936: The Most Controversial Olympics by Allen Guttmann -- 5. England 1966: Traditional and Modern? by Tony Mason -- 6. Mexico City 1968: Sombreros and Skyscrapers by Claire and Keith Brewster -- 7. Munich 1972: Re-presenting the Nation by Christopher Young -- 8. Argentina 1978: Military Nationalism, Football Essentialism, and Moral Ambivalence by Eduardo P. Archetti -- 9. Moscow 1980: Stalinism or Good, Clean Fun? by Robert Edelman -- 10. Los Angeles 1984 and 1932: Commercializing the American Dream by Alan Tomlinson -- 11. Barcelona 1992: Evaluating the Olympic Legacy by Christopher Kennett and Miquel de Moragas -- 12. Sydney 2000: Sociality and Spatiality in Global Media Events by David Rowe and Deborah Stevenson -- 13. Korea and Japan 2002: Public Space and Popular Celebration by Soon-Hee Whang -- Contributors -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z -- Books in Series.