{"product_id":"big-game-small-world-alexander-wolff-9781478016151","title":"Big Game, Small World: A Basketball Adventure","description":"\u003cp\u003eDuring the late 1990s, eminent basketball journalist Alexander Wolff traveled the globe to determine how a game invented by a Canadian clergyman became an international phenomenon. \u003ci\u003eBig Game, Small World\u003c\/i\u003e presents Wolff's dispatches from sixteen countries spread across five continents and multiple US states. In them, he asks: What can the game tell us about the world? And what can the world tell us about the game? Whether traveling to Bhutan to challenge its king to a pickup game, exploring the women's game in Brazil, or covering the Afrobasket tournament in Luanda, Angola, during a civil war, Wolff shows how basketball has the power to define an individual, a culture, and even a country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis updated twentieth anniversary edition features a new preface in which Wolff outlines the contemporary rise of athlete-activists while discussing the increasing dominance within the NBA of marquee international players like Luka Dončic and Giannis Antetokounmpo. A loving celebration of basketball, \u003ci\u003eBig Game, Small World\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the most insightful books ever written about the game.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alexander Wolff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1478016159\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781478016151\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Duke University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.62lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d","brand":"Alexander Wolff","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44071491272959,"sku":"9781478016151","price":114.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_37084ccb-c0a6-447b-b0d5-e7a3422cbeaa.jpg?v=1685436413","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/big-game-small-world-alexander-wolff-9781478016151","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}