Description
Book SynopsisSport in Industrial America, 1850-1920 presents the second edition of Stephen A. Riess's well-loved synthesis of the development of sport during one of the most transformational times in the nation's history.
- New edition maintains the book's acclaimed level of research, analysis, and readability
- Explores topics including urbanization, ethnicity, class, sport in educational institutions, women in sport, and sport's role in manifesting city, regional, and national pride.
- Includes an entirely new chapter on the globalization of American sport
- Includes a new bank of photographs and images.
- Features a newly revised and updated Bibliographical Essay
Trade Review“Sport in Industrial America could serve well as a textbook for sport studies or a supplement for courses in US history for the period the book covers. Summing Up: Recommended. General readers, upper-division undergraduate students, graduate students, and research faculty.” (Choice, 1 September 2013)
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
CHAPTER ONE: Urbanization, the Technological Revolution, and the Rise of Sport 13
Urban Reform and the Ideology of Sport 16
Sport and Urban Space 22
Sport and the Promotion of Public Pride 28
The Technological Revolution and the Rise of Sport 30
Sport and the Communications Revolution 30
Sport and the Transportation Revolution 35
Lights, Camera, Action 38
Technological Innovations and Sports Equipment 39
Conclusion 44
CHAPTER TWO: Sport and Class 45
Sport and the American Elite 47
The Elite Sports Club 50
Thoroughbred Racing and the Jockey Clubs 51
The Athletic Club 53
Women and the Elite Sports Clubs 56
The Country Club 57
Sport and the Middle Class 59
Middle-Class Sports Clubs 63
Middle-Class Women 67
Working-Class Sport 70
The Working-Class Saloon 75
Track-and-Field 77
Blue-Collar Baseball 79
Industrial Sport 81
Working-Class Women’s Sport 84
Conclusion 85
CHAPTER THREE: Sport, Ethnicity, and Race 87
The Old Immigrants 88
British Americans 88
Irish Americans 90
German Americans 99
The New Immigrants 103
Jewish Americans 105
Native Americans 112
African Americans 114
Asian Americans 122
Conclusion 123
CHAPTER FOUR: Sport and the Educational Process 125
Sport and Higher Education 126
Men’s Intercollegiate Athletics 126
Football: The Big Game 129
The Football Crisis of 1905–1906 and the Rise of the NCAA 137
Women’s Collegiate Athletics 141
Secondary School Sport 144
Adult-Directed Youth Sport 147
Conclusion 152
CHAPTER FIVE: Baseball and the Rise of Professional Sport 153
Thoroughbred Racing 159
The Racetracks 159
Reformers Close the Tracks 162
Professional Baseball 166
The Rise of the National League 168
Baseball in the Early Twentieth Century 175
The Ballparks 181
The Ballplayers 186
The Game in the Dead Ball Era 186
The Black Sox Scandal 189
Conclusion 192
CHAPTER SIX: American Sport in the International Arena 195
The Cultural Diffusion of Sport 196
Sports and the Borderlands 198
The Baseball Tours 201
Hawaii 205
China 206
Japan 208
The Philippines and American Imperialism 212
American Sport in the Caribbean 215
Cuba 215
The United States and the Olympic Games 219
The 1900 and 1904 Olympics and the Intercalated Games of 1906 221
The London Olympics of 1908 227
The 1912 Olympics at Stockholm 228
The Inter-Allied Games and the 1920 Olympics 230
Conclusion 231
Bibliographical Essay 234
Index 273
Photographs follow pages 44 and 194
