Title:
A companion to American sport history / edited by Steven A. Riess.
Author:
Riess, Steven A.
Publication Information:
Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons Inc., [2014]
Call Number:
GV853 .C65 2014
Abstract:
"A Companion to American Sport History presents a collection of original essays that represent the first comprehensive analysis of scholarship relating to the growing field of American sport history. Presents the first complete analysis of the scholarship relating to the academic history of American sport ; Features contributions from many of the finest scholars working in the field of American sport history ; Includes coverage of the chronology of sports from colonial times to the present day, including major sports such as baseball, football, basketball, boxing, golf, motor racing, tennis, and track and field ; Addresses the relationship of sports to urbanization, technology, gender, race, social class, and genres such as sports biography"--Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9780470656129
Series:
Wiley Blackwell companions to American history
Wiley-Blackwell companions to American history.
Physical Description:
xii, 692 pages ; 25 cm.
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Contents:
Machine generated contents note: 1.The Emergence of Sport: A Historiographical Appraisal of Sport in America through 1865 / Steven A. Riess -- 2.The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, 1865-1920 / James C. Schneider -- 3.The Interwar and Post-World War II Eras, 1920-1960 / Gerald R. Gems -- 4.Sport Since the 1960s / Ryan Swanson -- 5.Scientific Habits of Mind, Technological Revolutions, and American Sport / Russ Crawford -- 6.Urbanization and American Sport / Mark Dyreson -- 7.Baseball Before 1920 / Joseph C. Bigott -- 8.Baseball Since 1920 / Leslie Heaphy -- 9.Reconciling the Consequences of Modernity: College Football as Cultural History / Rebecca T. Alpert -- 10.Professional Football / Kurt Edward Kemper -- 11.Basketball / Anthony Santoro -- 12.Boxing: The Manly Art / Aram Goudsouzian -- 13.Golf and Tennis / Andrew R.M. Smith / Randy Roberts -- 14.American Motor Sport: The Checkered Literature on the Checkered Flag / Robert Pruter --
Contents note continued: 15.Historians, Track Stars, and Amateurism: Retrospect and Prospects / David N. Lucsko -- 16.The United States and International Sport: A Historiography / Alan S. Katchen -- 17.The United States in the Modern Olympic Movement: A Historiography / Nicholas Evan Sarantakes -- 18.Historians Take on Ethnicity, Race, and Sport / Robert K. Barney -- 19.The African American Athlete / Gerald R. Gems -- 20.Class and Sport / Louis Moore -- 21.Manhood or Masculinity: The Historiography of Manliness in American Sport / Steven A. Riess -- 22.Women in American Sport History / Brian M. Ingrassia -- 23.Explaining Exceptionalism: Approaches to the Study of American Sports Business History / Linda J. Borish -- 24.Sport and the Media / J. Andrew Ross -- 25.Stadiums, Arenas, and Audiences / James R. Walker / Robert V. Bellamy Jr -- 26.Sport and American Religion / Robert C. Trumpbour --
Contents note continued: 27.Not Always "Natural": A Historiography of Sport in American Culture / Richard Kimball -- 28.Sports Biographies / Kevin B. Witherspoon.
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