A Brief History of American SportsUniversity of Illinois Press, 2004 - 290 pages Elliott J. Gorn and Warren Goldstein show us where our games and pastimes came from, how they developed, and what they have meant to Americans. The great heroes of baseball and football are here, as well as the dramatic moments of boxing and basketball. Beyond this, the authors show us how sports fit into the larger contours of our past. A Brief History of American Sports reveals that from colonial times to the present, sports have been central to American culture, and a profound expression of who we are. |
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Contents
Colonists at Play | 1 |
English Sports | 4 |
The Virginia Ethic | 15 |
The New England Way | 28 |
The Middle Colonies | 35 |
Sports and the New Nation | 40 |
Saints and Their Bodies Sport Through 1860 | 45 |
Victorian Culture and the Attack on Traditional Sports | 47 |
Sports with a Mission Football and Basketball | 151 |
Football Alumni and the Control of the University | 162 |
Progressives Play and Basketball | 167 |
Ue Great Unifier | 175 |
Play Business and Space Sports and the Public Sphere | 181 |
Sports Heroes and Mass Culture | 186 |
Gender and Sport | 195 |
Racial Integration | 207 |
The Beginnings of Modern American Sports | 62 |
Muscular Christians and Brawny Brahmins | 79 |
Vigorous Manly OutofDoor Sports The Gilded Age | 96 |
Sport and Society | 103 |
Boxing and Baseball | 112 |
Elite Sports | 127 |
The Strenuous Life | 136 |
SPORT AND ITS DISCONTENTS THE TWENTIETH CENTURY | 149 |
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A Brief History of American Sports Elliott J. Gorn,Warren Goldstein,Warren Jay Goldstein,Eric Foner No preview available - 1993 |
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