{"product_id":"sport-in-america-volume-ii-9780736078863","title":"Sport in America Volume II","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSport in America, Volume II\u003c\/i\u003e, offers readers 18 fresh essays arranged chronologically from the early American period to the present day to provide a historical context and offer perspective on changes that have occurred in sport over time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Pattern of Sport in Early America, 1607-1776\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1:\u003c\/b\u003e Sober Mirth and Pleasant Poisons: Puritan Ambivalence Toward Leisure and Recreation in Colonial New England \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBruce C. Daniels\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2:\u003c\/b\u003e Horses and Gentlemen: The Cultural Significance of Gambling Among the Gentry of Virginia \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eT. H. Breen \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Transformation of Sport in a Rapidly Changing Society, 1776-1870\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3:\u003c\/b\u003e Pedestrianism, Billiards, Boxing, and Animal Sports \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMelvin L. Adelman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4:\u003c\/b\u003e Cheating, Gender Roles, and the Nineteenth-Century Croquet Craze \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eJon Sterngass\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5:\u003c\/b\u003e The National Game \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarren Goldstein\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Sport in the Era of Industrialization and Reform, 1870-1915\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6:\u003c\/b\u003e Sporting Life as Consumption, Fashion, and Display—The Pastimes of the Rich \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDonald J. Mrozek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7:\u003c\/b\u003e Creating America’s Winter Golfing Mecca at Pinehurst, North Carolina: National Marketing and Local Control \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLarry R. Youngs\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8:\u003c\/b\u003e The Father of American Football \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMichael Oriard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: Sport, The Great Depression, and Two World Wars, 1915-1950\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9:\u003c\/b\u003e The World War I American Military Sporting Experience \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eS.W. Pope\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10:\u003c\/b\u003e In Sports the Best Man Wins: How Joe Louis Whupped Jim Crow \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTheresa E. Runstedtler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11:\u003c\/b\u003e Padres on MountOlympus: Los Angeles and the Production of the 1932 Olympic Mega-Event \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSean Dinces\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 12:\u003c\/b\u003e Going to Bat for Jackie Robinson: The Jewish Role in Breaking Baseball’s Color Line \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen H. Norwood and Harold Brackman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V: Sport in the Age of Television, Discord, and Personal Fulfillment, 1950-1985\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 13:\u003c\/b\u003e Toil and Trouble: A Parable of Hard Work and Fun \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid W. Zang\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 14:\u003c\/b\u003e Victory for Allah: Muhammad Ali, the Nation of Islam, and American Society \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid K. Wiggins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 15:\u003c\/b\u003e The Fight for Title IX \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePamela Grundy and Susan Shackelford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart VI: Sport During the Period of Celebrity and Globalization, 1985-Present\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 16:\u003c\/b\u003e Yearning for Yesteryear: Cal Ripken, Jr., The Streak, And the Politics of Nostalgia \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaniel A. Nathan and Mary G. McDonald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 17:\u003c\/b\u003e Manhood, Memory, and White Men’s Sports in the American South \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTed Ownby\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 18:\u003c\/b\u003e The Whole World Isn’t Watching (But We Thought They Were): The Super Bowl and U.S. Solipsism \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristopher R. Martin and Jimmie L. Reeves\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Human Kinetics Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404220768599,"sku":"9780736078863","price":52.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sport-in-america-volume-ii-9780736078863","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}