Thrown for a loss? (American) football and the European sport space

American Behavioral Scientist

Volumn 46, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1550-1562

  Van Bottenburg, Maarten ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Europe; Football; Globalization; Popular culture; Sport space

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038610617     PISSN: 00027642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0002764203046011007     Document Type: Article

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