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" Sport in America : "
David K. Wiggins, editor.
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BL
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584728
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b413947
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| Title & Author
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Sport in America : : from colonial leisure to celebrity figures and globalization.\ David K. Wiggins, editor.
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| Series Statement
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Sport in America series.
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ix, 453 pages :: illustrations ;; 27 cm.
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9780736078863 (hard cover)
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: 073607886X (hard cover)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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pt. I. The pattern of sport in early America, 1607-1776 -- Ch. 1. Sober mirth and pleasant poisons: Puritan ambivalence toward leisure and recreation in colonial New England / Bruce C. Daniels -- Ch. 2. Horses and gentlemen: the cultural significance of gambling among the gentry of Virginia / T.H. Breen -- pt. II. Transformation of sport in a rapidly changing society, 1776-1870 -- Ch. 3. Pedestrianism, billiards, boxing, and animal sports / Melvin L. Adelman -- Ch. 4. Cheating, gender roles, and the nineteenth-century croquet craze / Jon Sterngass -- Ch. 5. The national game / Warren Goldstein -- pt. III. Sport in the era of industrialization and reform, 1870-1915 -- Ch. 6. Sporting life as consumption, fashion, and display: the pastimes of the rich / Donald J. Mrozek -- Ch. 7. Creating America's winter golfing mecca at Pinehurst, North Carolina: national marketing and local control / Larry R. Youngs -- Ch. 8. The father of American football / Michael Oriard -- pt. IV. Sport, the Great Depression, and two world wars, 1915-1950 -- Ch. 9. The World War I American military sporting experience / S.W. Pope -- Ch. 10. In sports the best man wins: how Joe Louis whupped Jim Crow / Theresa E. Runstedtler.
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Ch. 11. Padres on Mount Olympus: Los Angeles and the production of the 1932 Olympic mega-event / Sean Dinces -- Ch. 12. Going to bat for Jackie Robinson: the Jewish role in breaking baseball's color line / Stephen H. Norwood and Harold Brackman -- pt. V. Sport in the age of television, discord, and personal fulfillment, 1950-1985 -- Ch. 13. Toil and trouble: a parable of hard work and fun / David W. Zang -- Ch. 14. Victory for Allah: Muhammad Ali, the Nation of Islam, and American society / David K. Wiggins -- Ch. 15. The fight for Title IX / Pamela Grundy and Susan Shackelford -- pt. VI. Sport during the period of celebrity and globalization, 1985-present -- Ch. 16. Yearning for yesteryear: Cal Ripken, Jr., the streak, and the politics of nostalgia / Daniel A. Nathan and Mary G. McDonald -- Ch. 17. Manhood, memory, and white men's sports in the American South / Ted Ownby -- Ch. 18. The whole world isn't watching (but we thought they were): the Super Bowl and U.S. solipsism / Christopher R. Martin and Jimmie L. Reeves.
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"Sport in America: From Colonial Leisure to Celebrity Figures and Globalization, Volume II, presents 18 thought-provoking essays focusing on the changes and patterns in American sport during six distinct eras over the past 400 years. The selections are entirely different from those in the first volume, discussing topics such as views of sport in the Puritan society of colonial New England, gender roles and the croquet craze of the 1800s, and the Super Bowl's place in contemporary sport. Each of the six parts includes an introduction to the essays, allowing readers to relate them to the cultural changes and influences of the period. Readers will find essays on well-known topics written by established scholars as well as new approaches and views from recent studies." -- Back Cover
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Sports-- United States-- History.
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Sports-- Social aspects-- United States-- History.
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| Dewey Classification
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796.0973
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GV583.S6823 2010
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| Added Entry
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Wiggins, David Kenneth,1951-
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