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The rise of gridiron university : higher education's uneasy alliance with big-time football / Brian M. Ingrassia.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ingrassia, Brian M.
- Series:
- Culture America
- CultureAmerica
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Football--United States.
- Football.
- College athletes--Education.
- College athletes.
- United States.
- College sports--United States.
- College sports.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.
- Education, Higher.
- Education, Higher--Aims and objectives.
- College athletes--Education--United States.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 322 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, [2012]
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 Physical Culture, Discipline, and Higher Education in 1800s America 14
- Chapter 2 Progressive Era Universities and Football Reform 40
- Chapter 3 Psychologists: Body, Mind, and the Creation of Discipline 71
- Chapter 4 Social Scientists: Making Sport Safe for a Rational Public 93
- Chapter 5 Coaches: In the Disciplinary Arena 115
- Chapter 6 Stadiums: Between Campus and Culture 139
- Chapter 7 Academic Backlash in the Post-World War I Era 171.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [269]-304) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780700618309
- 0700618309
- OCLC:
- 757838358
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