A companion to American sport history / edited by Steven A. Riess.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Riess, Steven A., editor.

Series:

Wiley-Blackwell companions to American history.

Wiley Blackwell Companions to American History

Language:

Banda languages

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--United States--History.

Sports.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (706 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chichester, West Sussex, United Kingdom : John Wiley & Sons, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A Companion to American Sport History presents a collection of original essays that represent the first comprehensive analysis of scholarship relating to the growing field of American sport history. Presents the first complete analysis of the scholarship relating to the academic history of American sport Features contributions from many of the finest scholars working in the field of American sport history Includes coverage of the chronology of sports from colonial times to the present day, including major sports such as baseball, football, basketball, boxing

Contents:

A Companion to American Sport History; Copyright; Contents; Notes on Contributors; Introduction; References; Part I Major Chronological Eras of Sport History; Chapter One The Emergence of Sport: A Historiographical Appraisal of Sport in America through 1865; Note; References; Chapter Two The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, 1865-1920; General Texts; The Genesis of Sport History; Sport and Ideology; Sport and Urbanization; Sport and Class; Field Sports; Immigration and Ethnicity; Education and Athletics; Social Class; African Americans; Gender; Religion and Sport; Imperialism; Body Culture

A Look to the Future References; Chapter Three The Interwar and Post-World War II Eras, 1920-1960; The Golden Age of Sport; American Sport in the Depression; The 1940's: War and Its Aftermath; The 1950's; The Cold War Era; Conclusion; References; Chapter Four Sport Since the 1960's; Sport and the Cold War; Sport and Integration; Women; Sport and the Media; The NCAA and Reform; Major Sports; Conclusion; References; Part II Historical Processes and Sport; Chapter Five Scientific Habits of Mind, Technological Revolutions, and American Sport

Science and Technology in American Sport: From the Original Histories to the New Sport History The Scientific and Technological Weltanschauung in the Colonial and Early National Eras; Urbanization, Industrialization, and Technological Innovation; Urban Technologies and Sport; The Rise of Permanent Sites and the Dynamism of Ongoing Processes; Sport and the Technologies of Mass Production; Technological Sports; The Science and Technology of Human Mechanisms; The Science and Techniques of Doping; References; Chapter Six Urbanization and American Sport; Sport and the Rise of Urban Culture

Sport in the Progressive Era Sport and Urban Society, 1920-1940; Cities and Sports After World War II; References; Part III Major Team Sports; Chapter Seven Baseball Before 1920; The Origin Myths of Baseball; Baseball in the Amateur Era; Second Generation of Academicians Look at Early Baseball; The Builders of Major League Baseball; The Players; Baseball Expands Overseas; The Rise of Professional Baseball Leagues and Labor-Management Relations; Team Histories; Race and Baseball; Women in Baseball; Native Americans; The Black Sox Scandal; The Future; References

Chapter Eight Baseball Since 1920 Historical Surveys; Oral Histories; Cultural History; Race, Ethnicity, Gender; Economic History; Era by Era; Present and Future Trends; Note; References; Chapter Nine Reconciling the Consequences of Modernity: College Football as Cultural History; Reform and Higher Education; Industrialization and Masculinity; Commercialism and the Media Spectacle; Race and College Football; Conclusion; References; Chapter Ten Professional Football; The Early Years; Toward the Modern NFL; The Rozelle Era and Beyond; Race, Labor, and the Business of Pro Football; America's Game

References

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781786845986

1786845989

9781118609507

1118609506

9781118609408

1118609409

9781118609446

1118609441

9781118609385

1118609387

OCLC:

863633115