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Russ Crawford - Le Football: A History of American Football in France - 9780803278790 - V9780803278790
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Le Football: A History of American Football in France

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Description for Le Football: A History of American Football in France Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 25 photographs, 18 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; 3JM; WSJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 689.

There are two kinds of football in France.

American football was first played in France in 1909 during the cruise of the Great White Fleet. Then, during World War I, the American military shipped footballs, helmets, and shoulder pads alongside rifles and ammunition to the western front. A 1938 tour of two teams lead by Jim Crowley of Fordham University maintained the game until World War II, when the arrival of millions of young Americans in France motivated the U.S. military to sponsor several bowl games. During the 1950s and 1960s, when the United States occupied bases in ... Read more

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Number of Pages
366
Place of Publication
Lincoln, United States
ISBN
9780803278790
SKU
V9780803278790
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Russ Crawford
Russ Crawford is an associate professor of history at Ohio Northern University. He is the author of The Use of Sports to Promote the American Way of Life during the Cold War: Cultural Propaganda, 1946–1963.

Reviews for Le Football: A History of American Football in France
“A tour de force, packed with new information on the U.S. military’s century-long use of football for its soldiers serving overseas, followed by keen analysis of how the French have adopted America’s game in recent decades. Crawford illuminates the challenges and opportunities of intercultural borrowing by sportsmen.”—Alan S. Katchen, author of Abel Kiviat, National Champion: Twentieth-Century Track & Field and the Melting ... Read more

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