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The meaning of sports : why Americans watch baseball, football, and basketball, and what they see when they do / Michael Mandelbaum.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Mandelbaum, Michael.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Professional sports--Social aspects--United States.
- Professional sports.
- Baseball--Social aspects--United States.
- Baseball.
- Football--Social aspects--United States.
- Football.
- Basketball--Social aspects--United States.
- Basketball.
- National characteristics, American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (375 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Public Affairs, c2004.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- One thinking fan explains to other sports fans and non-fans alike just what it is that draws us to America's most popular sports
- Contents:
- contents; acknowledgments; introduction; chapter 1 A Variety of Religious Experience; chapter 2 Baseball: The Remembrance of Things Past; chapter 3 Football: The Spectacle of Violence; chapter 4 Basketball: The Chemistry of Teamwork; Conclusion: The Future of Sports; Epilogue to the Paperback Edition; notes; index; about the author
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [303]-340) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-09456-8
- 9786613094568
- 0-7867-3884-7
- OCLC:
- 714569655
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