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040 $aDLC$cDLC$dCFU$dBAKER$dUUP
099 $a796.334$aM346$aof
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.
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-
752 $acs.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical
information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/bios/prin051/00061115
.html
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/
prin031/00061115.html
856 42 $3Publisher
description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/prin021/0
0061115.html
994 $aC0$bUUP
