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Big Game, Small World

A Basketball Adventure
BuchGebunden
424 Seiten
Englisch
Duke University Presserschienen am25.10.2022Anniversary, Twentieth Anniversary Edition, Revised and Expanded edition
In this revised and expanded twentieth anniversary edition of Big Game, Small World, Alexander Wolff travels the globe in search of what basketball can tell us about the world, and what the world can tell us about the game.mehr
Verfügbare Formate
BuchGebunden
EUR121,50
TaschenbuchKartoniert, Paperback
EUR26,00

Produkt

KlappentextIn this revised and expanded twentieth anniversary edition of Big Game, Small World, Alexander Wolff travels the globe in search of what basketball can tell us about the world, and what the world can tell us about the game.
Details
ISBN/GTIN978-1-4780-1615-1
ProduktartBuch
EinbandartGebunden
FormatGenäht
Erscheinungsjahr2022
Erscheinungsdatum25.10.2022
AuflageAnniversary, Twentieth Anniversary Edition, Revised and Expanded edition
Seiten424 Seiten
SpracheEnglisch
MasseBreite 152 mm, Höhe 229 mm, Dicke 24 mm
Gewicht735 g
Artikel-Nr.58772160

Inhalt/Kritik

Inhaltsverzeichnis
Preface to the Duke Edition  xiii Prologue  1 Called for Traveling  3 Fall: Founding Myths, Conflicting Cultures 1. Almonte, Ontario: Duck on a Rock  13 2. Lithuania: Forest Brothers in Short Pants  26 3. Poland: The Sultans of ZÅoty  39 4. Switzerland: Please Do Not Air You Dirty Laundry  55 5. Celebration Florida: Communities of Three  66 6. Italy: Strength vs. Virtue  76 7. Sarajevo Airport: Prisoners of War  88 8. Bosnia: The Woman Who Sells Men  103 Winter: The American Game and Its Far-Flung Offspring 9. Peoria, Illinois: Crossover Dreamers  117 10. Eastern Kansas: Driving Mister John  128 11. El Paso, Texas: The Bear in Winter  138 12. Whiteriver, Arizona: Shoots from the Sky  152 13. Boone, North Carolina: Mayberry Friends  161 14. Ireland: To Build a Gym  172 15. Israel: The Long Arm of the Law of Return  184 16. The Philippines: Madness and Mimicry  200 17. China: Qiao Dan, Celestial Citizen  213 Spring: The Game Within 18. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Quaker Meetinghouse  231 19. Brazil: Women of the Laughing Blood  243 20. Des Moines, Iowa: Unguarded Moments  255 21. Japan: A Journey of a Thousand Miles, Begun with a Single Shot  264 22. Bhutan: Gross National Hoopiness  280 Summer: Fast Break to the Future 23. Washington, D.C.: Going to the Next Level  303 24. France: The I Love This Game Theory of Conflict Prevention  315 25. Angola: Lasme s Plane Will Be Arriving Shortly  323 26. Kansas City, Missouri: To Rest, Rather Than to Mischief  344 27. Princeton, New Jersey: Through the Back Door  352 Acknowledgments  361 Index  369mehr

Autor

Alexander Wolff is a journalist, editor, and author. Formerly a Senior Writer at Sports Illustrated, he is the author and coauthor of several books, including The Audacity of Hoop: Basketball and the Age of Obama, Raw Recruits (with Armen Keteyian), and Endpapers: A Family Story of Books, War, Escape, and Home.