National Pastime
How Americans Play Baseball and the Rest of the World Plays Soccer
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Author
Publication
2005-04-01 - Brookings Institution Press
Language
English
Word Count
65,750 words, Guess
Page Count
263 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL8050353M
- ISBN-139780815782582
- ISBN-100815782586
- OCLC Control Number57452466
- OCLC Control Numbernationalpastimeh01szym
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number2005001160
- Goodreads623350
- LibraryThing967828
Classifications
- LCCGV716 .S99 2005
Description
"Examines, from an economic perspective, how the different traditions of soccer and baseball have shaped the possibilites for their commercial organization and exploitation, and considers how each sport might learn from the other's experiences to develop meaningful reforms" -- Provided by publisher.
First Sentence
When British soldiers in Afghanistan and southern Iraq wanted to befriend the locals, they played a soccer match.
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