Sports in American life : a history / Richard O. Davies.
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TextPublication details: Chichester, West Sussex ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.Edition: 2nd edDescription: xix, 422 p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780470655467 (alk. paper)
- 0470655461 (alk. paper)
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
The emergence of organized sports, 1607-1860 -- Baseball : "this noble and envigorating [sic] game" -- The formative years of college football -- The modernization of American sports, 1865-1920 -- Baseball ascendant, 1890-1930 -- Playing nice : women and sports, 1860-1945 -- "An evil to be endured" : sports on campus, 1920-1950 -- Sports in an age of ballyhoo, depression, and war, 1920-1945 -- America's great dilemma -- Television changes the image of American sports -- College sports in the modern era -- Play for pay -- Do you believe in miracles? -- The persistent dilemma of race -- Playing nice no longer : women's sports, 1960-2012 -- "Only in America!" -- The democratization of sports.
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