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852217
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Cohen, Kenneth
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| Title & Author
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They will have their game : : sporting culture and the making of the early American republic /\ Kenneth Cohen.
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| Publication Statement
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Ithaca :: Cornell University Press,, 2017.
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, ©2017
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1 online resource (xi, 320 pages)
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| ISBN
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1501705490
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: 150171421X
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: 9781501705496
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: 9781501714214
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1501714201
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9781501705496
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9781501714207
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction : the meaning of sport -- The rise of genteel sport -- A revolution in sporting culture -- Sport reborn -- Profit and prestige -- A mass sporting industry -- Sporting cultures -- Epilogue : change and persistence.
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| Abstract
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In They Will Have Their Game, Kenneth Cohen explores how sports, drinking, gambling, and theater produced a sense of democracy while also reinforcing racial, gender, and class divisions in early America. Pairing previously unexplored financial ...
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Popular culture-- United States-- History-- 18th century.
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Popular culture-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Sports-- Social aspects-- United States-- History-- 18th century.
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Sports-- Social aspects-- United States-- History-- 19th century.
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Civilization.
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HISTORY-- United States-- 19th Century.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE-- Public Policy-- Cultural Policy.
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Popular culture.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Anthropology-- Cultural.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Popular Culture.
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Sports-- Social aspects.
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United States, Civilization, 1783-1865.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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306.4/830973
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| LC Classification
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GV583.C6155 2017
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