American History through American Sports: From Colonial Lacrosse to Extreme Sports

Publisher ABC-CLIO

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ABC-CLIO

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Copyright

2013

ISBN13

9780313379895

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eBook

Grade Level

9th Grade - College Senior

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Overview

This collection blends historical and popular culture perspectives in its analysis of the development of sports and sports figures throughout American history. American History through American Sports: From Colonial Lacrosse to Extreme Sports is unique in that it focuses on how each sport has transformed and influenced society at large, demonstrating how sports and popular culture are intrinsically entwined and the ways they both reflect larger societal transformations.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Acknowledgments.
American History through American Sports.
1: Critical Issues.
2: America Plays: Sports in Colonial Times.
3: Holy Cow! How the Advent of Early Sports Broadcasting Dramatically Changed How Professional Sports Teams in the United States Are Marketed.
4: Sport as Spectacle: Early Athletes as Popular Cultural Icons.
5: Professional Sports: Big Money and Sports as an Industry.
6: Cables, Speakers, and Screens: The Development of Technology in Sports Broadcasting.
7: The Big Four.
8: The Greatest Running in Back Football History.
9: Baseball: The Nation's First National Pastime.
10: Jackie Robinson: The Patron Saint of American Sports.
11: The Yankee Dynasty.
12: The Babe: Reconsidering America's First Sports Legend.
13: A Concise History of Early Baseball.
14: Cobb's Ghost: An Argument for Baseball's Greatest Hitter.
15: Organized Chaos: The Early History of Professional Basketball.
16: Soccer on the Pond: Hockey's Role in Young America.
17: Outside the Lines.
18: Soccer's Own Goal: Immigration, Economics, and the Decline of American Soccer in the Early 1930s.
19: Fight Night: Boxing's Popularity in the Early Twentieth Century.
20: Reintroducing the Olympics: Making Track and Field Relevant.
21: The Tobacco Spittin', Moonshine Runnin' History of Early NASCAR.
22: Gentlemen, Start Your Engines: Early American Automobile Racing.
23: Mountain Bike: Californians Reinvent Bicycling.
Volume I Index.
Half Title Page.
Other Frontmatter.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Contents.
Acknowledgments.
American History through American Sports.
1: Critical Issues.
2: ESPN: Television Transforms Sports Culture.
3: Spectacle: Creating Sports Icons in a Media-Saturated World.
4: Marvel Comics' Sports Comics in the First Half of the 1990s.
5: It's About the Shoe: Nike and the Endless Sneaker Wars.
6: Defense Wins Cham
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