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100 1 $aMarkovits, Andrei S.
245 10 $aOffside :$bsoccer and American exceptionalism
/$cAndrei S. Markovits and Steven L. Hellerman.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University
Press,$cc2001.
300 $axiv, 367 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
440 0 $aPrinceton studies in cultural sociology.
590 $aPurchased on the Mary Baizer Memorial Fund.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.
[341]-350) and index.
505 0 $aThe argument: sports as culture in industrial
societies- American conformities and exceptions -- The
formation of the American sport space: "crowding out" and
other factors in the relegation and marginalization of
soccer -- Soccer's trials and tribulations: beginnings,
chaos, "almosts", obscurity, and colleges -- The formation
and rearrangement of the American sport space in the second
half of the twentieth century -- From the North American
Soccer League to Major League Soccer -- The World Cup in the
United States -- The coverage of World Cup '98 by the
American media and the tournaments's reception by the
American public.
650 0 $aSports$zUnited States$xSociological aspects.
650 0 $aSoccer$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
700 1 $aHellerman, Steven L.,$d1958-
791 2 $aMary Baizer Memorial Fund.$4donor.
910 $aarp
