Basketball in America : from the playgrounds to Jordan's game and beyond / / Bob Batchelor, editor
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| Titolo: |
Basketball in America : from the playgrounds to Jordan's game and beyond / / Bob Batchelor, editor
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| Pubblicazione: | New York ; ; London : , : Routledge, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 796.3230973 |
| Soggetto topico: | Basketball - United States - History - 20th century |
| Basketball - Social aspects - United States | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
BatchelorBob
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| Note generali: | "First published by The Haworth Press, Inc."--t.p. verso. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 Smith |
| Chapter 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 NBA | |
| Chapter 17. Conclusion: Basketball Is AmericaAppendix: Selected Timeline; Bibliography; Index | |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Basketball in America |
| ISBN: | 1-315-04386-6 |
| 1-135-41993-0 | |
| 1-135-41986-8 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910465468803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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