Title: American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of Televised Sports
Abstract: Chapter 1. Sports in Early America Chapter 2. The Setting for Nineteenth-Century Sports Chapter 3. The Sporting Fraternity and Its Spectacles Chapter 4. The Rise of America's National Game Chapter 5. Elite Sports Chapter 6. The Rise of Intercollegiate Sports Chapter 7. Broader Horizons Chapter 8. Sports, Culture and Nation: 1900-1945 Chapter 9. The Rise of Organized Youth Sports Chapter 10. The Age of Sports Heroes Chapter 11. Baseball's Golden Age Chapter 12. The Intercollegiate Football Spectacle Chapter 13. The Rise and Decline of Organized Women's Sports Chapter 14. Globalizing Sports, Redefining Race Chapter 15. The Setting of Organized Sports Since World War II Chapter 16. Professional Team Sports in the Age of Television Chapter 17. College Sports in the Age of Television Chapter 18. Racial Revolution Chapter 19. Women's Liberation Chapter 20. All Sports All the Time Chapter 21. Sports in the Twenty-First Century
Publication Year: 1982
Publication Date: 1982-12-01
Language: en
Type: book
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