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DC Sports: The Nations Capital at Play (Sport, Culture, and Society)
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Description for DC Sports: The Nations Capital at Play (Sport, Culture, and Society)
Paperback. Editor(s): Elsey, Chris; Wiggins, K. Series: Sport, culture & society. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JHBS; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 525.
Washington, DC, is best known for its politics and monuments, butsport has always been an integral part of the city, and Washingtonians are among the country’s most avid sports fans. DC Sports gathers seventeen essays examining the history of sport in the nation’s capital, from turn-of-the-century venues such as the White Lot, Griffith Stadium, and DC Memorial Stadium to Howard-Lincoln Thanksgiving Day football games of the roaring twenties; from the surprising season of the 1969 Washington Senators to the success of Georgetown basketball during the 1980s. This collection covers the field, including public recreation, high-school athletics, intercollegiate athletics, professional sports, ... Read more
Washington, DC, is best known for its politics and monuments, butsport has always been an integral part of the city, and Washingtonians are among the country’s most avid sports fans. DC Sports gathers seventeen essays examining the history of sport in the nation’s capital, from turn-of-the-century venues such as the White Lot, Griffith Stadium, and DC Memorial Stadium to Howard-Lincoln Thanksgiving Day football games of the roaring twenties; from the surprising season of the 1969 Washington Senators to the success of Georgetown basketball during the 1980s. This collection covers the field, including public recreation, high-school athletics, intercollegiate athletics, professional sports, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Series
Sport, Culture & Society
Number of Pages
400
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557286772
SKU
V9781557286772
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Ref
99-15
About
Chris Elzey teaches in the History and Art History Department at GeorgeMason University. He oversees the sport and American culture minor andis codirector of the Center for the Study of Sport and Leisure in Society. David K. Wiggins is a professor and codirector of the Center for theStudy of Sport and Leisure in Society at George Mason University. ... Read more
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