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A Companion to American Sport History
Steven A. Riess (Ed.)
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Description for A Companion to American Sport History
Hardcover. A Companion to American Sport History presents a collection of original essays that represent the first comprehensive analysis of scholarship relating to the burgeoning field of American sport history. The volume features contributions from many of the finest scholars working in the field of American sport history. Editor(s): Riess, Steven A. Series: Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 183 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1228.
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 ... Read more
Awarded 2015 Best Anthology from the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH)
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
Series
Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History
Number of Pages
704
Place of Publication
Hoboken, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780470656129
SKU
V9780470656129
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About Steven A. Riess (Ed.)
Steven A. Riess is the Bernard Brommel Research Professor of History at Northeastern Illinois University. His books include City Games: The Evolution of American Urban Society and the Rise of Sports (1989), Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era, Revised Edition (1999), and The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime: Horse Racing, Politics, and ... Read more
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