Baseball Beyond Our Borders celebrates the globalization of the game while highlighting the different histories and cultures of the nations in which the sport i

A collection of original essays about baseball in other cultures, notably Asia, Europe, the Americas and the Pacific, which explores a wide range of issues for

"A collection of essays about baseball in other countries across the globe that explores a wide range of issues for each region"--

The story of global sport is the story of expansion from local development to globalized industry, from recreational to marketized activity. Alongside that, eac

This book explores how American sports, especially basketball, baseball and American football, have projected the US into the world, and brought the world into