American Sports - Softcover

Rader, Benjamin G.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0131112139 ISBN 13: 9780131112131

Publisher: Routledge, 1995

Synopsis

American Sports offers a reflective, analytical history of American sports from the colonial era to the present. Readers will focus on the diverse relationships between sports and class, gender, race, ethnicity, religion and region, and understand how these interactions can bind diverse groups together. By considering the economic, social and cultural factors that have surrounded competitive sports, readers will understand how sports have reinforced or challenged the values and behaviors of society.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Revised to give greater attention to continuities in the American sporting experience, this widely-acclaimed book offers a gracefully written, analytical history of American sports from the colonial era to the present. Acutely sensitive to clarity and style, it gives emphasis to the historical relationship between sports and such major social cleavages as class, race, ethnicity, gender, and region, as well as the power that sports have exercised in binding diverse peoples together.

From the Back Cover:

Key Benefit: Revised to give greater attention to continuities in the American sporting experience, this widely-acclaimed book offers a gracefully written, analytical history of American sports from the colonial era to the present. Acutely sensitive to clarity and style, it emphasizes the historical relationship between sports and such major social cleavages as class, race, ethnicity, gender, and region, as well as the power that sports have exercised in binding diverse peoples together. Key Topics: Containing a vivid analysis of sports in the colonial era, the book presents a clear discussion of the nineteenth century sporting fraternity, the rise of baseball as the national game, and the origins of intercollegiate sports. It offers provocative interpretations of legendary and contemporary sports heroes such as Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Muhammad Ali, and Billie Jean King, and examines the relationship between modern sports and society, including the Key role of television in shaping recent sport history. Adding three new chapters on the history of women and blacks in American sports, it continues to provide an in-depth treatment of the recent history of professional sports, intercollegiate sports, youth sports, and American sports in the international arena. Chapter summaries, illustrations, graphs, tables, and detailed bibliographic information are included. Market: For sports historians; also for reference in public libraries.

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0131112139
• ISBN 13: 9780131112131
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 352