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Record Nr.

UNINA9910780817003321

Autore

Jozsa Frank P. <1941->

Titolo

Global sports [[electronic resource] ] : cultures, markets and organizations / / Frank P. Jozsa, Jr

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2009

ISBN

1-282-44319-4

9786612443190

981-283-570-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 p.)

Disciplina

796

Soggetti

Sports and globalization

Sports - Economic aspects

Sports - History

Sports - Social aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-309) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Foreword; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1. Introduction; Chapter 2. Baseball in Dominican Republic, Japan, and Venezuela; Chapter 3. Basketball in China,The Philippines, and Spain; Chapter 4. Soccer in Brazil, England, and Germany; Chapter 5. Ice Hockey in Canada,The Czech Republic, and Finland; Chapter 6. Conclusion; Appendix A: Cricket in Australia, India, and Pakistan; Appendix B: Tables; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This interesting book discusses the emergence and development of five extremely popular team sports - baseball, basketball, football-soccer, ice hockey and cricket - since the 1800's in 15 different countries. It addresses some of the most provocative, recent and unique economic and business issues associated with team sports in the various nations. For example, to what extent has each of these spectator sports prospered as industries, and will they expand into other regions of the world during the early to mid-2000's? This book answers these questions, and compares the performances of each