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City Games: The Evolution of American Urban Society and the Rise of Sports (Sport and Society) [Paperback]

Steven A. Riess (Author)
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"Riess has dug deeply into the urban roots of our national obsession. City Games is valuable reading for anyone interested in America's cities or America's sports." -- Stephen Hardy, author of How Boston Played: Sport, Recreation, and Community

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  • Paperback: 368 pages
  • Publisher: University of Illinois Press (March 1, 1991)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0252062167
  • ISBN-13: 978-0252062162
  • Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 6 x 1 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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The book has hard-to-find information on Industrial League games. I was delighted to find the content that I did and will be featuring the book in an August exhibit on Industrial Games.
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American cities did not have much of a sporting culture in 1820, when just 5 percent of the national population lived in cities. Read the first page
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industrialized radial city, male bachelor subculture, municipal park movement, proprietary tracks, vile amusements, semipublic sites, semipublic facilities, moral sports, semipublic buildings, prestigious tracks, sporting heritage, sporting fraternity, urban pathology, urban sport, traction magnates, sports entrepreneurs, playground movement, suburban parks, hometown pride, professional team sports, track operators, slum residents
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New York, New Orleans, Los Angeles, Civil War, United States, World War, San Francisco, Polo Grounds, Madison Square Garden, South Side, Lower East Side, New Jersey, Washington Park, Jerome Park, Coney Island, Long Island, Kansas City, Chicago Historical Society, Ebbets Field, National League, Tim Sullivan, Yankee Stadium, August Belmont, Belmont Park, Elysian Fields
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