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Author Yardley, Jim, 1964-

Title Brave Dragons : a Chinese basketball team, an American coach, and two cultures clashing / Jim Yardley ; [map by Steven Shukow].

Publication Info. New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2012.

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  796.323 YARDLEY    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  796.323 Y21    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  796.3236 YARDLEY    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 304 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, 1 map ; 25 cm
Contents Prologue: Summer 2008 -- The foreign expert -- The purge -- Pieces -- Basketball is life -- Shooting the messengers -- Fight -- Selling air -- Rumors -- The ambassador -- Birthplace of the game -- Merry Christmas -- Bodies -- Yao's house -- Corner pockets -- Red soldier -- LOL -- Cast-outs -- The promised land -- Black whistles -- Tenth place -- Epilogue.
Summary The story of an underdog Chinese basketball team and its American coach's thwarted effort to teach them the strategies of American NBA stars argues that the team's failures reflect Chinese culture and the nation's resistance to change.
Subject Shanxi Zhongyu Brave Dragons (Basketball team)
Basketball -- China.
Social change -- China.
Americans -- China.
ISBN 9780307272218 hardcover $26.95
0307272214 hardcover
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