
With Michael Jordan and the New Global Capitalism, Walter LaFeber has written a biography, a social history, and a far-ranging economic critique. From basketball prodigy to international phenomenon to seductive commercial ideal, Michael Jordan is the supreme example of how...


One of America's noted historians tells how, by using the image and idea of Michael Jordan, transitional corporations are spreading "the American way of life." Readers get a glimpse of Nike's dominion over the global marketplace as well as a mini-biography of the sport star.