The institutionalization of fame: Achievement, recognition, and cultural consecration in baseball

American Sociological Review

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 808-825

  Allen, Michael Patrick ^a   Parsons, Nicholas L ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY; CULTURAL IDENTITY; ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 33751258597     PISSN: 00031224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000312240607100505     Document Type: Article

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