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" Sports in American history : "
Gerald R. Gems, Linda J. Borish, Gertrud Pfister
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BL
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659250
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Gems, Gerald R
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Sports in American history : : from colonization to globalization /\ Gerald R. Gems, Linda J. Borish, Gertrud Pfister
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xi, 372 pages :: illustrations, maps ;; 29 cm
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9780736056212 (hard cover)
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: 0736056211 (hard cover)
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Errata slip inserted
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 348-360) and index
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| Contents
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Sporting experiences in Colonial America, 1400-1750 -- Sport and pastimes in the American Revolutionary Era and Early National Period, 1750-1820 -- Antebellum health reforms and sporting forms, 1820-1860 -- Rise of rationalized and modern sport, 1850-1870 -- New identities and expanding modes of sport in the Gilded Age, 1870-1890 -- American sport and social change during the Progressive Era, 1890-1920 -- Sport, heroic athletes, and popular culture, 1920-1950 -- Sport as TV spectacle, big business, and political site, 1950-1980 -- Globalized sport, 1980-2007
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Sports in American History: From Colonization to Globalization journeys from the early American past to the present to offer a compelling account of the historical evolution of American sporting practices. This text provides insights that allow readers to develop new and alternative perspectives, examine sport as a social and cultural phenomenon, generate a better understanding of current sport practices, and consider future developments in sport in American life.--[book cover]
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Sports-- United States-- History
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Sports-- Social aspects-- United States-- History
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796.0973
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GV583.G46 2008
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Borish, Linda J.,1961-
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Pfister, Gertrud,1945-
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