Encyclopedia of Sports in America [2 volumes]

A History from Foot Races to Extreme Sports

Buch | Hardcover

608 Seiten

2008
Greenwood Press (Verlag)
978-0-313-34790-0 (ISBN)

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Explores the development and influence of sports in American culture, as well as how sports icons, commercial enterprises, organizations, sporting events, and even fan culture have changed, from the foot races of colonial times to the extreme sports.

Sports and leisure activities serve as a mirror, allowing us to examine the attitudes and values of everyday people. This new reference explores the development and influence of sports in American culture, as well as how sports icons, commercial enterprises, organizations, sporting events, and even fan culture have changed from decade to decade and from era to era, from the foot races of colonial times to the extreme sports of today.

Each chapter focuses on key aspects of sports in American culture, including such topics as ethnicity, gender, and economics. Enhanced with numerous sidebars on the movers and shakers, key sporting trends, as well as the controversies that threatened to tear the sports world apart, this insightful reference is ideal for high school and college students who are interested in tracing the evolution of sports and American culture throughout the nation's history. Features include a timeline of important events, numerous photographs, and a bibliography of print and electronic sources for further

Murry R. Nelson is Professor of Education and American Studies at Penn State University. He is the author of Bill Russell: A Biography (2005) and Shaquille O'Neal: A Biography (2006).

Volume One, Colonial Years to 1940 Introduction Acknowledgements Timeline Chapter 1. American Sports, 1607-1860 Chapter 2. American Sports, 1861-1889 Chapter 3. American Sports, 1890-1899 Chapter 4. American Sports, 1900-1909 Chapter 5. American Sports, 1910-1919 Chapter 6. American Sports, 1920-1929 Chapter 7. American Sports, 1930-1939 Volume Two, 1940 to the Present Chapter 8. American Sports, 1940-1949 Chapter 9. American Sports, 1950-1959 Chapter 10. American Sports, 1960-1969 Chapter 11. American Sports, 1970-1979 Chapter 12. American Sports 1980-1989 Chapter 13. American Sports, 1990 to the Present Resource Guide About the Contributors

Erscheint lt. Verlag	30.12.2008
Sprache	englisch
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport
	Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-313-34790-5 / 0313347905
ISBN-13	978-0-313-34790-0 / 9780313347900
Zustand	Neuware