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050			_aGV 583 .G46 2008
100			_aGems, Gerald R. _eauthor
245		0	_aSports in American history : _bfrom colonization to globalization / _cGerald R. Gems, Linda J. Borish and Gertrud Pfister
260			_aIllinois : _bHuman Kinetcs, _cc2008
300			_axi, 372 pages : _billustrations ; _c30 cm
365			_bUSD50.66
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aChapter 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
520			_aExamines 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.
650			_aSPORTS -- HISTORY -- UNITED STATES
700			_aBorish, Linda J.;Pfister, Gertrud _eco-author;co-author
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