{"product_id":"soccer-culture-in-america-yuya-kiuchi-9780786471553","title":"Soccer Culture in America: Essays on the World's Sport in Red, White and Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003e What does the world's favorite sport mean in the United States? Despite the common belief that it is only a women's sport, an immigrants' sport, a small kids' sport--or that hating soccer is very American, the new essays in this volume attest that soccer indeed is a very American and very popular sport, around since the 1940s.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e The all-new essays address issues concerning the business of the game, the meaning of men's and women's professional, national, high school and youth soccer, the community formed by the game, the media, the referees, the hooliganism and the treatment of the sport in academe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Yuya Kiuchi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786471557\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786471553\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 228\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2014","brand":"Yuya Kiuchi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44761040978175,"sku":"9780786471553","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0589c53f-90f6-45c6-b1fd-858f468ab0fa.jpg?v=1706680203","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/soccer-culture-in-america-yuya-kiuchi-9780786471553","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}