
Sport in America, Volume II
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Content
- Intro
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- The Pattern of Sport in Early America, 1607-1776
- Sober Mirth and Pleasant Poisons
- Horses and Gentlemen
- Transformation of Sport in a Rapidly Changing Society, 1776-1870
- Pedestrianism, Billiards, Boxing, and Animal Sports
- Cheating, Gender Roles, and the Nineteenth- Century Croquet Craze
- The National Game
- Sport in the Era of Industrialization and Reform, 1870-1915
- Sporting Life as Consumption, Fashion, and Display-The Pastimes of the Rich
- Creating America's Winter Golfing Mecca at Pinehurst, North Carolina
- The Father of American Football
- Sport, the Great Depression, and Two World Wars, 1915-1950
- The World War I American Military Sporting Experience
- In Sports the Best Man Wins
- Padres on Mount Olympus
- Going to Bat for Jackie Robinson
- Sport in the Age of Television, Discord, and Personal Fulfillment, 1950-1985
- Toil and Trouble
- Victory for Allah
- The Fight for Title IX
- Sport During the Period of Celebrity and Globalization, 1985-Present
- Yearning for Yesteryear
- Manhood, Memory, and White Men's Sports in the American South
- The Whole World Isn't Watching (But We Thought They Were)
- Epilogue
- Index
- About the Editor
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