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• 1. What, Why, and How?
• 2. Origins and Background: A Brief History of English Football and the FIFA World Cup
• 3. Political Capital and International Diplomacy: North Korea and Beyond
• 4. The FA, FIFA, and the 1966 FIFA World Cup
• 5. The World Cup as a Temporary Show?
• 6. The World Cup, Minister?
• 7. The World Cup and the Provinces: A Tourism Boom that Never Came
• 8. Legacy and Impact of the Tournament
• 9. Discussion and Conclusions.
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2016 marks the 50th anniversary of the 1966 FIFA World Cup, hosted in England. Unlike previous literature, which has tended to focus activities on the field, this book brings an institutional level approach to organizing the 1966 FIFA World Cup and examines the management process in the buildup and execution of the event. This intriguing new volume looks at the first significant UK government intervention in football and how this created a significant legacy as the government started to take a real interest in leisure facilities and stadium safety as policy areas after this competition. Foundations of Managing Sporting Events will be of considerable interest to research academics working on aspects of post war British, Imperial, and World history including sport, social, business, economic, and political history.
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• [Vol. 1] Original Hawaiian
• [Vol. 2] English translation.

• 1. From Brawn to Finesse--
• 2. Surprise Choice--
• 3. Installing the T--
• 4. "This Stuff Really Works"--
• 5. A Confidence Builder--
• 6. Shaughnessy the Man--
• 7. The Scrappy Broncos--
• 8. The White Ghosts--
• 9. Recruiting--
• 10. "Pop" Comes Around--
• 11. Meeting Jackie Robinson--
• 12. Closing In--
• 13. Life on Campus--
• 14. Another Tough Match-up--
• 15. Big Game Fever--
• 16. Bring on Nebraska--
• 17. "Shake It Off, Coach"--
• 18. The Legacy--
• 19. Epilogue.
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In 2002 ESPN rated football's shift to the modern T-formation offense as the second best sports innovation of all time-just behind baseball's free agency. The story behind the move to the T-formation is also the story of a season unparalleled in the annals of college football-the year Stanford's new coach, fresh from seven dismal seasons with the University of Chicago, deployed an out-of-favor offense to take a team of talented underdogs to a Rose Bowl victory. The Wow Boys (the title refers to the nickname the team earned at its very first game) chronicles Stanford's miraculous 1940 season, from the surprise hiring of coach Clark Shaughnessy and his marshalling of the previously untapped talents of left-handed quarterback Frankie Albert, runners Hugh Gallarneau and Pete Kmetovic, and fullback Norm Standlee, to his reintroduction of the T-formation and its profound and enduring effect on football. James W. Johnson gives a game-by-game rundown of this dramatic season as well as an in-depth account of Shaughnessy's accomplishment in the face of overwhelming criticism and skepticism. This story is one of tenacity, character, and radical ideas prevailing against formidable odds-a sports revolution engineered one play at a time.
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The finest and most comprehensive baroque atlas was Johann Blaeu's exceptional Atlas Major, completed in 1662. The original 11-volume Latin edition, containing 593 maps, put Blaeu ahead of his staunch competitor, mapmaker Johannes Janssonius, whose rivalry inspired Blaeu to produce a grandiose edition of the largest and most complete atlas to date. Covering Arctica, Europe, Africa, Asia, and America, Blaeu's Atlas Major was a remarkable achievement and remains to this day one of history's finest examples of mapmaking. This reprint is made from the National Library of Vienna's complete, colored, gold-heightened copy, thus assuring the best possible detail and quality. The book's introduction, by the University of Utrecht's Peter van der Krogt, discusses the historical and cultural context and significance of the atlas; Krogt also provides detailed descriptions of the maps, allowing modern readers to fully appreciate Blaeu's masterwork.
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• Origins, 1892-1920. College ladies on the court
• Grassroots rise and decline, 1920-1960. High school girls spur the sport ; Black women embrace the game ; Crowning national champions ; A man's game
• Title IX and college competition, 1960-1993. Keeping the flame alive ; The fight for Title IX ; Growing pains ; Dazzling moves, spinning wheels
• The big time? 1993-2004. Marshaling momentum ; Conclusion: shattering the glass.