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Total Pages |
: 140 |
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: 2007 |
ISBN-10 |
: UCSD:31822034668665 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (65 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Sports, 1970 by :
A collection of black-and-white photographs showing fans taking in America's sporting events, and represents the social landscape at the height of the Vietnam War.
Author |
: Michael MacCambridge |
Publisher |
: Anchor |
Total Pages |
: 610 |
Release |
: 2008-11-26 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780307481436 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0307481433 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis America's Game by : Michael MacCambridge
It’s difficult to imagine today—when the Super Bowl has virtually become a national holiday and the National Football League is the country’s dominant sports entity—but pro football was once a ramshackle afterthought on the margins of the American sports landscape. In the span of a single generation in postwar America, the game charted an extraordinary rise in popularity, becoming a smartly managed, keenly marketed sports entertainment colossus whose action is ideally suited to television and whose sensibilities perfectly fit the modern age. America’s Game traces pro football’s grand transformation, from the World War II years, when the NFL was fighting for its very existence, to the turbulent 1980s and 1990s, when labor disputes and off-field scandals shook the game to its core, and up to the sport’s present-day preeminence. A thoroughly entertaining account of the entire universe of professional football, from locker room to boardroom, from playing field to press box, this is an essential book for any fan of America’s favorite sport.
Author |
: Frank Andre Guridy |
Publisher |
: University of Texas Press |
Total Pages |
: 431 |
Release |
: 2021-03-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781477321836 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1477321837 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (36 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Sports Revolution by : Frank Andre Guridy
In the 1960s and 1970s, America experienced a sports revolution. New professional sports franchises and leagues were established, new stadiums were built, football and basketball grew in popularity, and the proliferation of television enabled people across the country to support their favorite teams and athletes from the comfort of their homes. At the same time, the civil rights and feminist movements were reshaping the nation, broadening the boundaries of social and political participation. The Sports Revolution tells how these forces came together in the Lone Star State. Tracing events from the end of Jim Crow to the 1980s, Frank Guridy chronicles the unlikely alliances that integrated professional and collegiate sports and launched women’s tennis. He explores the new forms of inclusion and exclusion that emerged during the era, including the role the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders played in defining womanhood in the age of second-wave feminism. Guridy explains how the sexual revolution, desegregation, and changing demographics played out both on and off the field as he recounts how the Washington Senators became the Texas Rangers and how Mexican American fans and their support for the Spurs fostered a revival of professional basketball in San Antonio. Guridy argues that the catalysts for these changes were undone by the same forces of commercialization that set them in motion and reveals that, for better and for worse, Texas was at the center of America’s expanding political, economic, and emotional investments in sport.
Author |
: Murry R. Nelson |
Publisher |
: Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
Total Pages |
: 1678 |
Release |
: 2013-05-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780313397530 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0313397538 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (30 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Sports [4 volumes] by : Murry R. Nelson
America loves sports. This book examines and details the proof of this fascination seen throughout American society—in our literature, film, and music; our clothing and food; and the iconography of the nation. This momentous four-volume work examines and details the cultural aspects of sport and how sport pervasively reflects—and affects—myriad aspects of American society from the early 1900s to the present day. Written in a straightforward, readable manner, the entries cover both historical and contemporary aspects of sport and American culture. Unlike purely historical encyclopedias on sports, the contributions within these volumes cover related subject matter such as poetry, novels, music, films, plays, television shows, art and artists, mythologies, artifacts, and people. While this encyclopedia set is ideal for general readers who need information on the diverse aspects of sport in American culture for research purposes or are merely reading for enjoyment, the detailed nature of the entries will also prove useful as an initial source for scholars of sport and American culture. Each entry provides a number of both print and online resources for further investigation of the topic.
Author |
: Alan Klein |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 275 |
Release |
: 2013-09-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781317996095 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1317996097 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (95 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Sports by : Alan Klein
This collection illustrates the expansiveness of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of sport. While rooted in anthropology, these essays consider American sports in their social, economic, cultural and political aspects, charting their evolution. The book draws from history, sociology, and political science; as well as considering the relationship between the developed and developing world; and culture and masculinity. The first part of the book considers the local and global interplay of professional baseball, covering: Major League Baseball’s impact on the Dominican Republic nationalism and baseball on the Mexican/US border the globalizing forces of baseball as an industry. The second part of the book is concerned with the cultural examination of the responsiveness of masculinity to social and cultural forces, examining: the exaggerated world of bodybuilders in Southern California the cross-cultural comparisons of male behaviour on a bi-national baseball team in Mexico the historical examination of Jews in American sport. This book was previously published as a special issue of Sport in Society
Author |
: Richard O. Davies |
Publisher |
: John Wiley & Sons |
Total Pages |
: 504 |
Release |
: 2016-05-23 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781118912546 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1118912543 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (46 Downloads) |
Synopsis Sports in American Life by : Richard O. Davies
The third edition of author Richard O. Davies highly praised narrative of American sports, Sports in American Life: A History, features extensive revisions and updates to its presentation of an interpretative history of the relationship of sports to the larger themes of U.S. history. Updated include a new section on concussions caused by contact sports and new biographies of John Wooden and Joe Paterno. Features extensive revisions and updates, along with a leaner, faster-paced narrative than previous editions Addresses the social, economic, and cultural interaction between sports and gender, race, class, and other larger issues Provides expanded coverage of college sports, women in sports, race and racism in organized sports, and soccers sharp rise in popularity Features an all-new section that tackles the growing controversy of head injuries and concussions caused by contact sports
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: Pamela Grundy |
Publisher |
: Routledge |
Total Pages |
: 305 |
Release |
: 2016-06-16 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781315509242 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1315509245 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (42 Downloads) |
Synopsis American Sports by : Pamela Grundy
American Sports offers a reflective, analytical history of American sports from the colonial era to the present. Readers will focus on the diverse relationships between sports and class, gender, race, ethnicity, religion and region, and understand how these interactions can bind diverse groups together. By considering the economic, social and cultural factors that have surrounded competitive sports, readers will understand how sports have reinforced or challenged the values and behaviors of society.
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: Mark Ribowsky |
Publisher |
: W. W. Norton & Company |
Total Pages |
: 521 |
Release |
: 2012 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780393080179 |
ISBN-13 |
: 039308017X |
Rating |
: 4/5 (79 Downloads) |
Synopsis Howard Cosell: The Man, the Myth, and the Transformation of American Sports by : Mark Ribowsky
Describes the life of one of the most colorful figures in American sports history and offers a behind-the-scenes look at "Monday Night Football" and the commercialization of sports based on interviews with colleagues and athletes.
Author |
: Elliott J. Gorn |
Publisher |
: University of Illinois Press |
Total Pages |
: 310 |
Release |
: 2004 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0252071840 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780252071843 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (40 Downloads) |
Synopsis A Brief History of American Sports by : Elliott J. Gorn
Elliott J. Gorn and Warren Goldstein show us where our games and pastimes came from, how they developed, and what they have meant to Americans. The great heroes of baseball and football are here, as well as the dramatic moments of boxing and basketball. Beyond this, the authors show us how sports fit into the larger contours of our past. A Brief History of American Sports reveals that from colonial times to the present, sports have been central to American culture, and a profound expression of who we are.
Author |
: David Halberstam |
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: |
Total Pages |
: 824 |
Release |
: 1999 |
ISBN-10 |
: UOM:39015047475663 |
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: |
Rating |
: 4/5 (63 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Best American Sports Writing of the Century by : David Halberstam
Capturing the century's greatest moments in every sport from basseball to chess, these authors (Red Smith, Tom Boswell, John Updike, Jim Murray, Norman Mailer, W.C. Heinz, Tom Wolfe, Jimmy Breslin, Dick Schaap, David Remnick, Ring Lardner, Gay Talese, William Nack, Frank Deford, George Plimpton, Jon Krakauer) and their subjects (including Joe DiMaggio, Secretariat, Bobby Knight, and Muhammad Ali) reflect the rising societal importance of sports in this century, showing how sports have been shaped by such monumental events as war, the civil rights movement, and the changing economyomy.