{"product_id":"sport-in-industrial-america-18501920-9781118537718","title":"Sport in Industrial America 18501920","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSport in Industrial America, 1850-1920\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eNew edition maintains the book's acclaimed level of research, analysis, and readability\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplores topics including urbanization, ethnicity, class, sport in educational institutions, women in sport, and sport's role in manifesting city, regional, and national pride.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes an entirely new chapter on the globalization of American sport\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes a new bank of photographs and images.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures a newly revised and updated Bibliographical Essay\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“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.”  (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 September 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgments xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER ONE: Urbanization, the Technological Revolution, and the Rise of Sport 13\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Reform and the Ideology of Sport 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSport and Urban Space 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSport and the Promotion of Public Pride 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Technological Revolution and the Rise of Sport 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSport and the Communications Revolution 30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSport and the Transportation Revolution 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLights, Camera, Action 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnological Innovations and Sports Equipment 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER TWO: Sport and Class 45\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSport and the American Elite 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Elite Sports Club 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThoroughbred Racing and the Jockey Clubs 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Athletic Club 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen and the Elite Sports Clubs 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Country Club 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSport and the Middle Class 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMiddle-Class Sports Clubs 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMiddle-Class Women 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorking-Class Sport 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Working-Class Saloon 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrack-and-Field 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlue-Collar Baseball 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndustrial Sport 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorking-Class Women’s Sport 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER THREE: Sport, Ethnicity, and Race 87\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Old Immigrants 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBritish Americans 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIrish Americans 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGerman Americans 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe New Immigrants 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJewish Americans 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNative Americans 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAfrican Americans 114\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAsian Americans 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER FOUR: Sport and the Educational Process 125\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSport and Higher Education 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMen’s Intercollegiate Athletics 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFootball: The Big Game 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Football Crisis of 1905–1906 and the Rise of the NCAA 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen’s Collegiate Athletics 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSecondary School Sport 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdult-Directed Youth Sport 147\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER FIVE: Baseball and the Rise of Professional Sport 153\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThoroughbred Racing 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Racetracks 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReformers Close the Tracks 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfessional Baseball 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rise of the National League 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaseball in the Early Twentieth Century 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ballparks 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Ballplayers 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Game in the Dead Ball Era 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Black Sox Scandal 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eCHAPTER SIX: American Sport in the International Arena 195\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cultural Diffusion of Sport 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSports and the Borderlands 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Baseball Tours 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHawaii 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChina 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJapan 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Philippines and American Imperialism 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerican Sport in the Caribbean 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCuba 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe United States and the Olympic Games 219\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 1900 and 1904 Olympics and the Intercalated Games of 1906 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe London Olympics of 1908 227\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 1912 Olympics at Stockholm 228\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Inter-Allied Games and the 1920 Olympics 230\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliographical Essay 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