02942oam 2200565I 450 991046546880332120200520144314.01-315-04386-61-135-41993-01-135-41986-810.4324/9781315043869 (CKB)3710000000685259(EBL)4531733(MiAaPQ)EBC4531733(Au-PeEL)EBL4531733(CaPaEBR)ebr11213815(CaONFJC)MIL924883(OCoLC)951592473(OCoLC)950518801(EXLCZ)99371000000068525920180706e20132005 uy 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierBasketball in America from the playgrounds to Jordan's game and beyond /Bob Batchelor, editorNew York ;London :Routledge,2013.1 online resource (248 p.)"First published by The Haworth Press, Inc."--t.p. verso.0-7890-1613-3 0-7890-1612-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; About the Editor; Contributors; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Introduction: Basketball in America; Part I: Basketball in American Culture; Chapter 2. Michael Jordan: Icon; Chapter 3. Marvin, Marvin; Chapter 4. Nike and Popular Culture; Chapter 5. Hoosiers to Hoop Dreams: Basketball on the Big Screen; Part II: The Playgrounds and Beyond; Chapter 6. The Schoolyard Game: Blacktop Legends and Broken Dreams; Chapter 7. Fundamentals: Coaching Today's High School Player; Chapter 8. Seventeen Things I Learned from Dean SmithChapter 9. Socks, Jocks, and Two Championship RingsChapter 10. Foreign Players and the Globalization of Basketball; Part III: The Professional Game; Chapter 11. Elgin Baylor: The First Modern Professional Basketball Player; Chapter 12. Chocolate Thunder and Short Shorts: The NBA in the 1970s; Chapter 13. Crashing the Boards: The WNBA and the Evolution of an Image; Chapter 14. Dr. J, Bird, Magic, Jordan, and the Detroit Bad Boys: The NBA in the 1980s; Chapter 15. The Jordan Era: The NBA in the 1990s; Chapter 16. King James: LeBron James, Hype, Hope, and the Future of the NBAChapter 17. Conclusion: Basketball Is AmericaAppendix: Selected Timeline; Bibliography; IndexBasketballUnited StatesHistory20th centuryBasketballSocial aspectsUnited StatesElectronic books.BasketballHistoryBasketballSocial aspects796.3230973Batchelor Bob949526MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465468803321Basketball in America2205315UNINA