TY  - BOOK
TI  - Major problems in sport history: documents and essay 
SN  - 9781133311089
AV  - GV 583 .M34 2015 
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Australia
PB  - Cengage Learning Asia Pte Ltd
KW  - SPORTS -- UNITES STATES -- HISTORY
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -