Major problems in sport history :  documents and essay / 
edited by Steven A. Riess 
 - Second edition 
 - Australia :  Cengage Learning Asia Pte Ltd,  c2015 
 - xxiv, 487 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references. 
<br/><br/>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 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781133311089 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>SPORTS -- UNITES STATES -- HISTORY
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>GV 583 .M34 2015