Gaming the World How Sports Are Reshaping Global Politics and Culture |
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| Author:
| Markovits, Andrei S.
Rensmann, Lars |
| ISBN: | 978-0-691-16203-4 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2014 |
| Publisher: | Princeton University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $47.99 |
Book Description:
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Professional sports today have truly become a global force, a common language that anyone, regardless of their nationality, can understand. Yet sports also remain distinctly local, with regional teams and the fiercely loyal local fans that follow them. This book examines the twenty-first-century phenomenon of global sports, in which professional te
Professional sports today have truly become a global force, a common language that anyone, regardless of their nationality, can understand. Yet sports also remain distinctly local, with regional teams and the fiercely loyal local fans that follow them. This book examines the twenty-first-century phenomenon of global sports, in which professional te