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„Sport in Industrial America could serve well as atextbook for sport studies or a supplement for courses in UShistory for the period the book covers. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers, upper-division undergraduatestudents, graduate students, and research faculty.“ (Choice, 1 September 2013)
Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920
von Steven A. RiessSport in Industrial America, 1850-1920 presents thesecond edition of Stephen A. Riess's well-loved synthesis ofthe development of sport during one of the most transformationaltimes in the nation's history.
* New edition maintains the book's acclaimed level ofresearch, analysis, and readability
* Explores topics including urbanization, ethnicity, class, sportin educational institutions, women in sport, and sport's rolein manifesting city, regional, and national pride.
* Includes an entirely new chapter on the globalization ofAmerican sport
* Includes a new bank of photographs and images.
* Features a newly revised and updated Bibliographical Essay
* New edition maintains the book's acclaimed level ofresearch, analysis, and readability
* Explores topics including urbanization, ethnicity, class, sportin educational institutions, women in sport, and sport's rolein manifesting city, regional, and national pride.
* Includes an entirely new chapter on the globalization ofAmerican sport
* Includes a new bank of photographs and images.
* Features a newly revised and updated Bibliographical Essay
