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.
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.
Anniversary, Twentieth Anniversary Edition, Revised and Expanded edition
Seitenzahl: 424
Erscheinungstermin: 25. Oktober 2022
Englisch
Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
Gewicht: 735g
ISBN-13: 9781478016151
ISBN-10: 1478016159
Artikelnr.: 63434861
Autorenporträt
Alexander Wolff
Inhaltsangabe
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 Z¿oty 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 369
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 Z¿oty 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 369
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