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College sports : a history / Eric A. Moyen and John R. Thelin.

Van Pelt Library GV351 .M69 2024
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Moyen, Eric Anthony, 1974- author.
Thelin, John R., 1947- author.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
College sports--United States--History.
College sports.
College sports--Economic aspects--United States.
College sports--United States--Management.
College sports--Political aspects--United States.
National Collegiate Athletic Association.
Physical Description:
xxiii, 462 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Place of Publication:
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024.
Summary:
"This work is the first comprehensive historical survey of intercollegiate athletics at American universities"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Chapter 1. The creation of sports in American higher education
Chapter 2. Building local, regional, and national programs, 1900 to 1929
Chapter 3. Big-time football and backlash, 1929 to1942
Chapter 4. The consolidation of control in college sports, 1941 to 1954
Chapter 5. Civil rights, racial desegregation, and regulations, 1954 to 1973
Chapter 6. Women's college sports during the Cold War era, 1945 to 1984
Chapter 7. The ascendance of college sports business, 1970 to 2000
Chapter 8. Keeping up with the Joneses, 2000 to 2012
Chapter 9. Commercialism, conflicts, conferences, and COVID-19, 2012 to 2024.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Moyen, Eric Anthony, 1974- College sports
ISBN:
9781421450094
1421450097
OCLC:
1442968684

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