Sports in American history : from colonization to globalization /
Gems, Gerald R.
Sports in American history : from colonization to globalization / Gerald R. Gems, Linda J. Borish and Gertrud Pfister - Illinois : Human Kinetcs, c2008 - xi, 372 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1. Sporting Experiences in Colonial America, 1400-1750; Chapter 2. Sports and Pastimes in the American Revolutionary Era and Early National Period, 1750-1820; Chapter 3. Antebellum Health Reforms and Sporting Forms, 1820-1860; Chapter 4. Rise of Rationalized and Modern Sport, 1840-1870; Chapter 5. New Identities and Expanding Modes of Sport in the Gilded Age, 1870-1890; Chapter 6. American Sport and Social Change During the Progressive Era, 1890-1920; Chapter 7. Sport, Heroic Athletes, and Popular Culture, 1920-1950; Chapter 8. Sport as TV Spectacle, Big Business, and Political Site, 1950-1980; Chapter 9. Globalized Sport, 1980 - Present
Examines how women, minorities and ethnic and religious groups have influenced US sporting culture. This book gives students a broader knowledge of the complexities of sport, health and play in the American experience and how historical factors, such as gender, ethnicity, race and religion, provide an understanding of sports in American history.
9780736056212
SPORTS -- HISTORY -- UNITED STATES
GV 583 .G46 2008
Sports in American history : from colonization to globalization / Gerald R. Gems, Linda J. Borish and Gertrud Pfister - Illinois : Human Kinetcs, c2008 - xi, 372 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Chapter 1. Sporting Experiences in Colonial America, 1400-1750; Chapter 2. Sports and Pastimes in the American Revolutionary Era and Early National Period, 1750-1820; Chapter 3. Antebellum Health Reforms and Sporting Forms, 1820-1860; Chapter 4. Rise of Rationalized and Modern Sport, 1840-1870; Chapter 5. New Identities and Expanding Modes of Sport in the Gilded Age, 1870-1890; Chapter 6. American Sport and Social Change During the Progressive Era, 1890-1920; Chapter 7. Sport, Heroic Athletes, and Popular Culture, 1920-1950; Chapter 8. Sport as TV Spectacle, Big Business, and Political Site, 1950-1980; Chapter 9. Globalized Sport, 1980 - Present
Examines how women, minorities and ethnic and religious groups have influenced US sporting culture. This book gives students a broader knowledge of the complexities of sport, health and play in the American experience and how historical factors, such as gender, ethnicity, race and religion, provide an understanding of sports in American history.
9780736056212
SPORTS -- HISTORY -- UNITED STATES
GV 583 .G46 2008