The Rise of Gridiron University : Higher Education's Uneasy Alliance with Big-Time Football / Brian M. Ingrassia.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ingrassia, Brian M., author.

Series:

CultureAmerica Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

College athletes--Education--United States.

College athletes.

College sports--United States.

College sports.

Education, Higher--Aims and objectives--United States.

Education, Higher.

Football--United States.

Football.

Sociology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 322 p. :) ill. ;

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, [2012]

Summary:

"A must-read for those interested in the rise of big-time college football."-Great Plains Quarterly "Ingrassia has written an important book about the development of a symbiotic relationship between institutions of higher learning and big-time football in the United States. He begins with a question: How did the spectacle of football become a central and highly visible part of universities whose primary goals were far removed from winning games, drawing crowds, and making money on sports? Ingrassia finds the origins of this relationship in the Progressive Era, when expert knowledge and research projects became increasingly specialized and esoteric and college administrators purposefully welcomed football as a means of reaching out to the general public. . . . Ingrassia's book is well researched and thoughtfully argued. It is a worthy contribution to scholarship on the urgent public policy issue of the proper role of big-time athletics in academic institutions. It does not offer definitive answers, but it does point the way for further research and discussion."-Journal of American History "Ingrassia offers a fresh perspective on the origins of big-time college football. Other scholars have produced works on the same subject . . . [but] Ingrassia's book stands apart because of its focus on the role of faculty in the development of big-time college football. Ingrassia's intriguing, insightful book makes an important contribution to the literature on intercollegiate athletics. Highly recommended."-Choice "An outstanding contribution to the scholarship on the history of college football. . . . Ingrassia's deeply researched argument overturns many of the assumptions in this field of study."-Michigan Law Review.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction: The Cultural Cornerstone of the Ivory Tower

1. Physical Culture, Discipline, and Higher Education in 1800s America

2. Progressive Era Universities and Football Reform

3. Psychologists: Body, Mind, and the Creation of Discipline

4. Social Scientists: Making Sport Safe for a Rational Public

5. Coaches: In the Disciplinary Arena

6. Stadiums: Between Campus and Culture

7. Academic Backlash in the Post-World War I Era

Epilogue: A Circus or a Sideshow?

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780700618309

0700618309

OCLC:

911048444