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Sports in Pennsylvania Karen Guenther
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks GV 584 .P4 G84 2007
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Guenther, Karen, 1959-
- Series:
- Pennsylvania history studies ; no. 30.
- Pennsylvania history studies series ; no. 30.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Pennsylvania--History.
- Sports.
- Professional sports--Pennsylvania--History.
- Professional sports.
- Athletics--Pennsylvania--History.
- Athletics.
- Physical Description:
- 188 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Mansfield, Pa. : Pennsylvania Historical Association, c2007.
- Contents:
- Editor's introduction
- Introduction
- "Riotous sports, plays & games" : sports in Pennsylvania prior to 1860
- Amateur athletics go to college
- The rise of professional sports, 1860-1945
- Professional sports since 1945
- Sports and popular culture
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Suggestions for further reading.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 110-113).
- OCLC:
- 182555346
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