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The New American Sport History: Recent Approaches and Perspectives

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Description for The New American Sport History: Recent Approaches and Perspectives Paperback. Editor(s): Pope, Salamhah. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 595.

In this collection, sixteen scholars explore topics as diverse as the historical debate over black athletic superiority, the selling of sport in society, the eroticism of athletic activity, sexual fears of women athletes, and the marketing of the marathon. 

In line with the changing nature of sport history as a field of study, the essays focus less on traditional topics and more on themes of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and national identity, which also define the larger parameters of social and cultural history. It is the first anthology to situation sport history within the broader fields of social history and cultural ... Read more

Contributors are Melvin L. Adelman, William J. Baker, Pamela L. Cooper, Mark Dyreson, Gerald R. Gems, Elliott J. Gorn, Allen Guttmann, Stephen H. Hardy, Peter Levine, Donald J. Mrozek, Michael Oriard, S. W. Pope, Benjamin G. Rader, Steven A. Riess, Nancy L. Struna, and David K. Wiggins.

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Product Details

Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Series
Sport and Society
Condition
New
Weight
595g
Number of Pages
448
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252065675
SKU
V9780252065675
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Ref
99-50

About S W. Pope
S. W. Pope is the author of Patriotic Games: Sporting Traditions in the American Imagination, 1876-1926.

Reviews for The New American Sport History: Recent Approaches and Perspectives
A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 1998. "Impressive! Pope presents a variety of new social, cultural, and economic approaches to the study of sports in American society."
George B. Kirsch, author of Golf in America

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