| Description |
viii, 144 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Contents: Sport and globalization : transnational dimensions / Richard Giulianotti and Roland Robertson -- Not playing around : global capitalism, modern sport, and consumer culture / Barry Smart -- The grobal in the sporting glocal / David L. Andrews and George Ritzer -- Steps to an ecology of transnational sports / Thomas Hylland Eriksen -- Recovering the social : globalization, football, and transnationalism / Richard Giulianotti and Roland Robertson -- Is baseball a global sport? : America's national pastime as global field and international sport / William W. Kelly -- More than a game : globalization and the post-westernization of world cricket / Chris Rumford -- Imagined communities in the global game : soccer and the development of Dutch national identity / Frank J. Lechner -- The global footballer and the local war-zone : George Weah and transnational networks in Liberia, West Africa / Gary Armstrong |
| Notes |
"First published as volume 7, issue 2 of Global networks"--T.p. verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Globalization.
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Nationalism and sports.
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Sports and globalization.
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Sports -- International cooperation.
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Sports -- Sociological aspects.
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| Author |
Giulianott, Richard
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Robertson, Roland.
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| LC no. |
2007028744 |
| ISBN |
9781405162692 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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