A Companion to American Sport History

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By Steven A. Riess

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ebook

ISBN

9780470656129

Series

Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History

Author

Steven A. Riess

Publisher

Wiley

Release

26 February 2014

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A Companion to American Sport History presents a collection of original essays that represent the first comprehensive analysis of scholarship relating to the growing field of American sport history.

  • Presents the first complete analysis of the scholarship relating to the academic history of American sport
  • Features contributions from many of the finest scholars working in the field of American sport history
  • Includes coverage of the chronology of sports from colonial times to the present day, including major sports such as baseball, football, basketball, boxing, golf, motor racing, tennis, and track and field 
  • Addresses the relationship of sports to urbanization, technology, gender, race, social class, and genres such as sports biography

    • Awarded 2015 Best Anthology from the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH)

    Format

    ebook

    ISBN

    9780470656129

    Series

    Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History

    Author

    Steven A. Riess

    Publisher

    Wiley

    Release

    26 February 2014

    Share

    Subjects

    History Nonfiction
    A Companion to American Sport History