Davies, Richard O.,  1937- <br/><br/>
Sports in American life :  a history / 
Richard O. Davies. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Chichester, West Sussex ;  Malden, MA :  Wiley-Blackwell,  2012. 
 - xix, 422 p. :  ill. ;  25 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780470655467 (alk. paper) 0470655461 (alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2011018169 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>015785483  Uk 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Sports--History.--United States<br/>Deportes--Estados Unidos.<br/>Deportes--Historia--Estados Unidos.<br/>20150700
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>796