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Sports in American Life: A History

Sports in American Life: A History

by RichardO.Davies (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

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Synopsis

This richly documented book traces the evolution of American sports from the colonial period to the present. The narrative is organized around the argument that sports have been a significant social force throughout American history. * Emphasizes the social, economic, and cultural interaction between sports and larger issues, such as gender, race, and class. * Includes 50 photographs of key events and figures in the history of American sports. * Written in a compelling, narrative style to engage undergraduate students.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 512
 Edition: 1
 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 23 Nov 2006
ISBN 10: 1405106484
ISBN 13: 9781405106481

Media Reviews
Richard Davies has given us a wonderfully rich and comprehensive look - not only at the history of sports in the United States, but at what sports means to such a diverse people. His is a valuable addition to our understanding of this institution that works itself so deeply into our culture. Frank Deford, Senior Consulting Editor, Sports Illustrated This is a superb history of American sport. Davies explains in great detail and with much passion how sport in this country was transformed from an informal activity to a highly structured and organized phenomenon. David K. Wiggins, George Mason University By introducing some of the basic topics and literature on sport from the American Colonial period through the present, Davies hopes to show how important sports have been throughout American history, both in and of themselves and as a social force. Choice Gracefully joining well-chosen analytic themes and illustrative biographies ... Davies puts scholarship and art on the same team ... .And gives us something to cheer for. Journal of Social History
Author Bio
Richard O. Davies is University Foundation Professor of History at the University of Nevada, Reno. He is the author or editor of twelve books, including America's Obsession: Sports and Society Since 1945 (1994), and Main Street Blues: The Decline of Small-Town America (1998), which was named one of the top 25 books in American History by Choice. Although his publications range widely over the history of twentieth-century American history, he has in the past decade established himself as one of the leading scholars in the growing field of American sports history.