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„Steve Riess has assembled a cast of experts whose essaysmake A Companion to American Sport History the go-to reference foranyone -- old hand or new - looking to catch up on the vastand growing literature in this field.“
--Stephen Hardy, University of New Hampshire
„A trustworthy guide to the innumerable books and articles thatnarrate and interpret American sport history.“
--Allen Guttmann, Amherst College
A Companion to American Sport History
herausgegeben von Steven A. RiessA Companion to American Sport History presents acollection of original essays that represent the firstcomprehensive analysis of scholarship relating to the growing fieldof American sport history.
* Presents the first complete analysis of the scholarshiprelating to the academic history of American sport
* Features contributions from many of the finest scholars workingin the field of American sport history
* Includes coverage of the chronology of sports from colonialtimes to the present day, including major sports such as baseball, football, basketball, boxing, golf, motor racing, tennis, and trackand field
* Addresses the relationship of sports to urbanization, technology, gender, race, social class, and genres such as sportsbiography
Awarded 2015 Best Anthology from the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH)
* Presents the first complete analysis of the scholarshiprelating to the academic history of American sport
* Features contributions from many of the finest scholars workingin the field of American sport history
* Includes coverage of the chronology of sports from colonialtimes to the present day, including major sports such as baseball, football, basketball, boxing, golf, motor racing, tennis, and trackand field
* Addresses the relationship of sports to urbanization, technology, gender, race, social class, and genres such as sportsbiography
Awarded 2015 Best Anthology from the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH)
