The sportsworld of the Hanshin Tigers : professional baseball in modern Japan /

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"Baseball has been Japan's most popular sport for over a century. The Sportsworld of the Hanshin Tigers analyzes Japanese baseball ethnographically by focusing on a single professional team, the Hanshin Tigers. For over fifty years, the Tigers have been the one of the country's most w...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Kelly, William W. (William Wright), 1946- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2019]
Series:Sport in world history ; 5.
Subjects:
Hanshin Taigāsu (Baseball team)
1900-1999
Baseball > Japan > 20th century.
Base-ball > Japon > 20e siècle.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Baseball
Japan
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introducing Hanshin Tiger baseball
  • The rhythms of Hanshin Tiger baseball : stadiums and seasons
  • On the field : the players
  • In the dugout : manager and coaches
  • In the offices : front office and parent company
  • In the stands : fans, followers, and fair-weather spectators
  • In the press box : sports dailies and mainstream media
  • Baseball as edutainment
  • Workplace melodramas and second-city complex
  • A sportsworld transformed : the Hanshin Tigers at present.

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