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Offside : soccer and American exceptionalism /
Soccer is the world's favorite pastime, a passion for billions around the globe. In the United States, however, the sport is a distant also-ran behind football, baseball, basketball, and hockey. Why is America an exception? And why, despite America's leading role in popular culture, does m...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Autores principales: | , |
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©2001.
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| Colección: | Princeton studies in cultural sociology.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Soccer is the world's favorite pastime, a passion for billions around the globe. In the United States, however, the sport is a distant also-ran behind football, baseball, basketball, and hockey. Why is America an exception? And why, despite America's leading role in popular culture, does most of the world ignore American sports in return? Offside is the first book to explain these peculiarities, taking us on a thoughtful and engaging tour of America's sports culture and connecting it with other fundamental American exceptionalisms. In so doing, it offers a comparative analysis of sports cultur. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 367 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-350) and index. |
| ISBN: | 140081443X 9781400814435 9781400824182 1400824184 9780691074467 0691074461 |