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Major problems in sport history : documents and essay / edited by Steven A. Riess

Material type: TextTextPublication details: Australia : Cengage Learning Asia Pte Ltd, c2015Edition: Second editionDescription: xxiv, 487 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781133311089
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GV 583 .M34 2015
Contents:
What is sport history? -- Sport in colonial America -- Traditional sport and the male bachelor subculture, 1800-1860 -- The making of modern sporting culture, 1840-1870 -- Higher education and growth of American amateur sport, 1890-1940 -- Sport and the rise of the industrial radial city, 1870-1930 -- Sport and class -- The Commercialization and professionalization of sports -- Gender and sport in modern America -- Race and ethnicity in American sport -- Sports heroes and American culture -- Impact of title IX on American women and sport -- Sport and race in America since 1945 -- The business of sport -- The globalization of American sport
Summary: Presents essential, readable, and provocative documents and essays that illuminate the American sporting experience from a variety of viewpoints. This book is designed to encourage critical thinking about history.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex General Circulation Physical Education - Sports and Wellness GC GV 583 .M34 2015 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000009284

Includes bibliographical references.

What is sport history? -- Sport in colonial America -- Traditional sport and the male bachelor subculture, 1800-1860 -- The making of modern sporting culture, 1840-1870 -- Higher education and growth of American amateur sport, 1890-1940 -- Sport and the rise of the industrial radial city, 1870-1930 -- Sport and class -- The Commercialization and professionalization of sports -- Gender and sport in modern America -- Race and ethnicity in American sport -- Sports heroes and American culture -- Impact of title IX on American women and sport -- Sport and race in America since 1945 -- The business of sport -- The globalization of American sport

Presents essential, readable, and provocative documents and essays that illuminate the American sporting experience from a variety of viewpoints. This book is designed to encourage critical thinking about history.

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