Global Games |
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| Author:
| Van Bottenburg, Maarten
Jackson, Beverley |
| Series title: | Sport and Society Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-252-02654-6 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2001 |
| Publisher: | University of Illinois Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $39.00 |
Book Description:
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Why is soccer the sport of choice in South America, while baseball has soared to popularity in the Caribbean? How did cricket become India's national sport, while China is a stronghold of table tennis? In Global Games, Maarten Van Bottenburg asserts that it is the ''hidden competition'' of social and international relations, rather than the ......
Why is soccer the sport of choice in South America, while baseball has soared to popularity in the Caribbean? How did cricket become India's national sport, while China is a stronghold of table tennis? In Global Games, Maarten Van Bottenburg asserts that it is the ''hidden competition'' of social and international relations, rather than the ......