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America's sporting heritage 1850-1950 /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Reading, Mass. :
Addison-Wesley Pub. Co.,
1974.
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| Series: | Addison-Wesley series in the social significance of sport.
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| Physical Description: |
xv, 428 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
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Contents:
- pt. 1: The rise of class sport, 1850-1920
- Ch. 1. Early years of American sport
- Ch. 2. Rural and urban influences before the Civil War
- Ch. 3. Sporting journalism and the technological revolution
- Ch. 4. The athletic impulse, 1860-1890
- Ch. 5. The triumph of athletics, 1890-1920
- Ch. 6. Of gentlemen and pugs
- Ch. 7. Urbanization and democratization
- Ch. 8. Social and cultural implications, 1860-1920
- pt. 2: The rise of mass sport, 1920-1950
- Ch. 9. Fabulous and tragic years, 1920-1935
- Ch. 10. Recovery, war, and peace
- Ch. 11. Business, industry, and the economic scene
- Ch. 12. Social democracy and the playing fields
- Ch. 13. Education, religion, and the arts
- References and bibliography.