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The revised edition of this widely-acclaimed book offers a gracefully written, analytical history of American sports from the colonial era to the present. It gives special attention to the historical relationship between sports and such major social cleavages as class, race, ethnicity, gender, region and the power that sports have exercised in binding diverse peoples together. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
The publisher, Prentice-Hall Humanities/Social Science
Revised to give greater attention to continuities in the American sporting experience, this widely-acclaimed book offers a gracefully written, analytical history of American sports from the colonial era to the present. Acutely sensitive to clarity and style, it gives emphasis to the historical relationship between sports and such major social cleavages as class, race, ethnicity, gender, and region, as well as the power that sports have exercised in binding diverse peoples together. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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The revised edition of this widely-acclaimed book offers a gracefully written, analytical history of American sports from the colonial era to the present. It gives special attention to the historical relationship between sports and such major social cleavages as class, race, ethnicity, gender, region and the power that sports have exercised in binding diverse peoples together. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
The publisher, Prentice-Hall Humanities/Social Science
Revised to give greater attention to continuities in the American sporting experience, this widely-acclaimed book offers a gracefully written, analytical history of American sports from the colonial era to the present. Acutely sensitive to clarity and style, it gives emphasis to the historical relationship between sports and such major social cleavages as class, race, ethnicity, gender, and region, as well as the power that sports have exercised in binding diverse peoples together. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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- Players All: Performances in Contemporary Sport (Drama and Performance Studies) by Robert E. Rinehart in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Wow Boys: A Coach, a Team, and a Turning Point in College Football by James W. Johnson on page 50, and Back Matter
- Upon Further Review: Sports in American Literature by Michael Cocchiarale on page 25, and page 27
- The Age of the Bachelor by Howard P. Chudacoff in Back Matter
- Learning to Win: Sports, Education, and Social Change in Twentieth-Century North Carolina by Pamela Grundy in Back Matter
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