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Offside : soccer and American exceptionalism in sport / Andrei S. Markovits and Steven L. Hellerman.
LIBRA GV706.5 .M363 2001
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Markovits, Andrei S.
- Series:
- Princeton studies in cultural sociology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--United States--Sociological aspects.
- Sports.
- Soccer--Social aspects--United States.
- Soccer.
- Soccer--Social aspects.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 367 pages ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2001]
- Summary:
- "The vexing question of why soccer struggles to establish itself firmly on the American sports landscape is brilliantly and persuasively answered in this groundbreaking work. Sociology scholars and soccer aficionados alike should be intrigued by this painstakingly comprehensive analysis, made especially accessible by the lively and enthusiastic style of the authors. It is remarkable as a happy marriage of the scholar's methods with the fan's passion for the world's game. A must read for lovers and observers of the game in America and in the totally converted soccer community occupying the rest of our planet."--Seamus Malin, Soccer Commentator, ESPN and ABC
- Contents:
- 1 The Argument: Sports As Culture in Industrial Societies
- American Conformities and Exceptions 7
- 2 The Formation of the American Sport Space: "Crowding Out" and Other Factors in the Relegation and Marginalization of Soccer 52
- 3 Soccer's Trials and Tribulations: Beginnings, Chaos, "Almosts," Obscurity, and Colleges 99
- 4 The Formation and Rearrangement of the American Sport Space in the Second Half of the Twentieth Century 128
- 5 From the North American Soccer League to Major League Soccer 162
- 6 The World Cup in the United States 201
- 7 The Coverage of World Cup '98 by the American Media and the Tournament's Reception by the American Public 235
- A. A Statistical Abstract on Recreational, Scholastic, and Collegiate Soccer in the United States 275
- B. A Sample of Opinion from American Sports Columnists and Journalists regarding the 1994 World Cup 282.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [341]-351) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0691074461
- 069107447X
- OCLC:
- 44728123
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