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Tough and witty, SportsWorld is a well-known commentator’s overview of the most significant form of mass culture in America—sports. It’s a sweaty Oz that
The Sportsworld of the Hanshin Tigers
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Pages: 333
Authors: William W. Kelly
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Type: BOOK - Published: 2018-11-13 - Publisher: Univ of California Press

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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 o
Global Markets and Global Impact of Sports
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Authors: John Nauright
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This book is a concept we use to explain the invasive and pervasive role of sport in global society and in each country around the world. From the origins of mo
Aretism
Language: en
Pages: 234
Authors: Heather Reid
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Aretism: An Ancient Sports Philosophy for the Modern Sports World applies a robust ancient ethic to the widely-acknowledged problems faced by modern sports. Are
Sports Off-Center
Language: en
Pages: 194
Authors: Ken Widmann
Categories: Humor
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A whimsical parody of modern-day sports culture presents a compilation of fake articles, editorials, transcripts, photographs, ads, and other features from a fi