Sport in Industrial America: 1850 - 1920

by Steven A. Riess

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Riess examines the evolution of sport from its rural and urban origins as a less-than-respectable entertainment for the lower classes, through its antebellum upsurge when, with the development of a new sport ideology, it attained respectability-penetrating and finally remaking popular culture. Using a topical approach, Riess looks at sport from several vantage points, analyzing the interaction between sport and the rise of modern cities; the impact...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0882959166

ISBN13:9780882959160

Release Date:January 1995

Publisher:Wiley-Blackwell

Length:221 Pages

Weight:0.55 lbs.

Dimensions:0.5" x 5.4" x 8.0"

Grade Range:Grades 11 to 12

Related Subjects

19th Century 20th Century History History of Sports Miscellaneous Modern (16th-21st Centuries) Social Science Social Sciences Textbooks

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