Basketball in America: From the Playgrounds to Jordan's Game and Beyond

ISBN-13: 9780789016133 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 344 str.

Bob Batchelor

Opis

A pioneering analysis of the history of basketball and its effect on popular culture from the 1970s to today. Examines the social and cultural impact of basketball on American society across the amateur and professional arenas.

Spis treści

• About the Editor
  
• Contributors
  
• Acknowledgments
  
• Chapter 1. Introduction: Basketball in America (Bob Batchelor)
  
• Part I: BASKETBALL IN AMERICAN CULTURE
  
• Chapter 2. Michael Jordan: Icon (Bob Batchelor)
  
• Chapter 3. Marvin, Marvin (David Davis)
  
• Chapter 4. Nike and Popular Culture (Kelly McMasters)
  
• Chapter 5. Hoosiers to Hoop Dreams: Basketball on the Big Screen (Kevin Grace)
  
• Part II: THE PLAYGROUNDS AND BEYOND
  
• Chapter 6. The Schoolyard Game: Blacktop Legends and Broken Dreams (Bijan C. Bayne)
  
• Chapter 7. Fundamentals: Coaching Today’s High School Player (Chris Burtch)
  
• Chapter 8. Seventeen Things I Learned from Dean Smith (Peter Cashwell)
  
• Chapter 9. Socks, Jocks, and Two Championship Rings (Michael Buchert)
  
• Chapter 10. Foreign Players and the Globalization of Basketball (Renada Rutmanis)
  
• Part III: THE PROFESSIONAL GAME
  
• Chapter 11. Elgin Baylor: The First Modern Professional Basketball Player (James Fisher)
  
• Chapter 12. Chocolate Thunder and Short Shorts: The NBA in the 1970s (David Friedman)
  
• Chapter 13. Crashing the Boards: The WNBA and the Evolution of an Image (Lisa A. Ennis)
  
• Chapter 14. Dr. J., Bird, Magic, Jordan, and the Detroit Bad Boys: The NBA in the 1980s (Lawrence Ziewacz)
  
• Chapter 15. The Jordan Era: The NBA in the 1990s (Doug Fox)
  
• Chapter 16. King James: LeBron James, Hype, Hope, and the Future of the NBA (Bob Batchelor)
  
• Chapter 17. Conclusions: Basketball Is America (Bob Batchelor)
  
• Bibliography
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

O autorze

Frank Hoffmann, Robert P Batchelor, Martin J. Manning