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Rivals: Legendary Matchups That Made Sports History
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Description for Rivals: Legendary Matchups That Made Sports History
Hardcover. Features essays that cover influential and famous rivalries from a variety of sports, including track and field, golf, and boxing. From highly publicized and emotionally charged individual competitions to bitterly fought team contests, it illuminates what one-of-a-kind opponents and the passion they inspire tell us about ourselves and our society. Editor(s): Wiggins, David K.; Rodgers, R.Pierre. Num Pages: 491 pages, 21 images, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; WSBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 907.
This title features unforgettable fans, teams, and athletes. The sixteen original essays in this collection cover influential and famous rivalries from a variety of sports, including track and field, golf, boxing, basketball, tennis, ice skating, baseball, football, soccer, and more. The essays are diverse, but together they illustrate what is common to any rivalry: equally matched opponents that often have decidedly different backgrounds, styles, and personalities. These differences may center on race and culture, political and societal ideologies, personality, geography, or religion - a singular mix intensified by fans and the media. From highly publicized and emotionally charged individual competitions ... Read more
This title features unforgettable fans, teams, and athletes. The sixteen original essays in this collection cover influential and famous rivalries from a variety of sports, including track and field, golf, boxing, basketball, tennis, ice skating, baseball, football, soccer, and more. The essays are diverse, but together they illustrate what is common to any rivalry: equally matched opponents that often have decidedly different backgrounds, styles, and personalities. These differences may center on race and culture, political and societal ideologies, personality, geography, or religion - a singular mix intensified by fans and the media. From highly publicized and emotionally charged individual competitions ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Fayetteville, United States
ISBN
9781557289209
SKU
V9781557289209
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About
David K. Wiggins is professor and director of the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism at George Mason University and the editor of Out of the Shadows: A Biographical History of African American Athletes. R. Pierre Rodgers is associate professor in the School of Recreation, Health, and Tourism at George Mason University.
Reviews for Rivals: Legendary Matchups That Made Sports History
"Better than any book I know, this dazzling collection dramatizes the rich range of meanings embodied by modern American sport. The focus on great rivalries, and the contrasts in social and cultural values they come to represent, allow the authors to illuminate many of the key factors that have shaped Americans' views of sport - and of themselves - over ... Read more