Offside: Soccer and American Exceptionalism

Offside: Soccer and American Exceptionalism
ISBN-10
069107447X
ISBN-13
9780691074474
Series
Offside
Category
Social Science
Pages
367
Language
English
Published
2001-04-22
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Authors
Andrei S. Markovits, Steven L. Hellerman

Description

Taking us on a tour of America's sports culture, this text asks, when soccer is the world's favourite pastime, why is America the exception? And why, despite America's leading role in popular culture, does most of the world ignore American sports in return?

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