Globalization and sport / edited by Richard Giulianotti and Roland Robertson.

Other author Giulianotti, Richard, 1966-
Other author Robertson, Roland.
Format Book
Publication InfoMalden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Publishing, 2007.
Descriptionviii, 144 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Supplemental ContentContributor biographical information
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Subjects

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.
General note"First published as volume 7, issue 2 of Global networks"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Other title Global networks (Oxford, England)
LCCN 2007028744
ISBN9781405162692 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN1405162694 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks GV 706.34 .G56 2007 ✔ Available Place Hold