{"product_id":"sports-in-american-life-9781118912379","title":"Sports in American Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe third edition of author Richard O. Davies'' highly praised narrative of American sports, \u003ci\u003eSports in American Life: A History\u003c\/i\u003e, features extensive revisions and updates to its presentation of an interpretative history of the relationship of sports to the larger themes of U.S. history.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUpdated include a new section on concussions caused by contact sports and new biographies of John Wooden and Joe Paterno.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures extensive revisions and updates, along with a leaner, faster-paced narrative than previous editions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAddresses the social, economic, and cultural interaction between sports and gender, race, class, and other larger issues\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides expanded coverage of college sports, women in sports, race and racism in organized sports, and soccer''s sharp rise in popularity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFeatures an all-new section that tackles the growing controversy of head injuries and concussions caused by contact sports\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSports in American Culture 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSports and American History 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 The Emergence of Organized Sports, 1607–1860 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGames in Colonial New England 8\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRecreations in Southern Colonies 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Revolutionary Era and Beyond 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Democratization of Racing: The Trotters 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRacing by Land and Sea 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Formative Years of Prizefi ghting 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaseball: The Creation of “America’s Game” 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Baseball: “America’s Game” 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Early Professional Era 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry Chadwick and a Game of Numbers 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrowing Pains 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarly Years of the Professional Game 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmergence of the Modern Game 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 1880s: A Decade of Rancor 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Sports and the Emergence of Modern America, 1865–1920 53\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrizefi ghting Enters the Mainstream 54\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSports and Social Class 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrong Bodies and Devout Souls 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAmerica’s Greatest Athlete 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOrganized Play for the Modern Era 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eInterscholastic Sports 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 72\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 The Emergence of King Football, 1869–1920 74\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Early Years of College Athletics 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFootball American Style 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYale and the Creation of Football 78\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFootball Moves West 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFootball as Spectacle 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFootball in Crisis 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 94\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The National Pastime: Baseball, 1890–1930 95\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe 1890s: Years of Discord 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBan Johnson and the American League 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cyclone and the Georgia Peach 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMasters of Strategy 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Federal League Challenge 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCrisis: Gamblers Fix the World Series of 1919 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Babe 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaseball’s Golden Age 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Playing Nice: Women and Sports, 1860–1945 120\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Early Years of Women’s Sports 121\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Demise of Women’s Sports 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHelen and Trudy: America’s First Women Sports Stars 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBabe: The Texas Tomboy 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWomen Play Hardball: The Peaches and the Chicks 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Instinctive Urge to Compete” 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 Sports in the Age of Ballyhoo, Depression, and War, 1920–1945 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGee Whiz: Sports Journalism during the 1920s 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHeroes for a Heroic Age 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrowing Pains: The National Football League 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoxing Gains Respectability 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaseball’s Long Slump 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeabiscuit: Sports Star for the Depression Era 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaseball during the War Years 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 Sports on Campus, 1920–1950 163\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Essential Myth of Big-Time College Athletics 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFootball: Driving the Bus 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFootball’s Golden Age: The Twenties 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKnute Rockne and the Making of Notre Dame Football 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Second Challenge to Big-Time Football 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHoop Dreams 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHoop Nightmares 181\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 America’s Great Dilemma 185\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe “Fight of the Century” 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeparate and Unequal: The Negro Leagues 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOut of the Cotton Fields of Alabama: Jesse and Joe 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJackie 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn the Shadow of Jackie Robinson 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGentlepeople and Sanctimonious Hypocrites 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Baron and the Bear 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 “The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of Defeat”: Television Revolutionizes Sports 217\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Formative Years of Sports Television 218\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTale of the Tube: Boxing 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eProfessional Football Comes of Age 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePete and Roone 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSuper Sunday and Monday Night Madness 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eESPN: All Sports, All the Time 233\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 The Big Business of College Sports 239\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Sanity Code Is Scuttled 240\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCreation of a Cartel 241\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmphasis and De-emphasis 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWoody and the Bear 243\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wizard of Westwood 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMadness in March 254\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe NCAA as Enforcer 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntercollegiate Athletics: Education or Big Business? 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTurmoil, Realignment, and a Playoff System 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Futility of Reform 264\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTrouble in Happy Valley 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 Play for Pay: Professional Sports in America 273\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Tale of Three Cities 273\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUrban Relocation, Redevelopment, and Promotion 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Economics of Organized Baseball 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBaseball’s Labor Disputes 284\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Magic of Parity: The National Football League 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Wondrous World of Magic, Larry, and Michael 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlways Turn Left: NASCAR Takes the Checkered Flag 295\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBeyond the Bright Lights: Hockey and Soccer 302\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Do You Believe in Miracles? 306\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Cold War Shapes the Olympics 309\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTelevision Transforms the Olympics 316\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Games Must Go On 320\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo Boycott or Not to Boycott 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Triumph of Professionalism 325\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAthens and Beyond 328\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 330\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 The Persistent Dilemma of Race 331\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“I’m the Greatest” 333\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBoycott, Backlash, and Beyond 337\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBreakthrough: A New Era in American Sports 340\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHank Aaron Catches the Babe 347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCan White Men Jump? 349\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTiger 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSister Act: Venus and Serena 358\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e15 Playing Nice No Longer: Women’s Sports, 1960–2015 365\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDeceit and Deception: The NCAA and Gender Equity 366\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTitanic Rivalry: Connecticut\/Tennessee Basketball 371\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBillie Jean Sparks a Revolution 377\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eViva America! World Cup Winners 381\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“You’ve Come a Long Way Baby!” Or Have You? 384\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTitle IX at Forty 387\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 389\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e16 “Only in America!” 391\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTriumph of the Swoosh 392\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe World of Jimmy the Greek 396\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Tragedy of Pete Rose 399\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Demise of Boxing 403\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIron Mike and the King of Boxing 405\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhatever It Takes 409\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnder a Cloud: Barry Bonds Chases Hank Aaron 416\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 419\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e17 The Democratization of Sports 421\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunity Cauldron: High School Sports 421\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eYouth Sports 425\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGolf ’s Golden Age: Arnie, the Super Mex, and the Golden Bear 430\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Tale of Two American Cyclists 436\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Sidewalk Surfing” and the Rise of “X-treme” Sports 441\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 448\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue 451\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 460\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 462\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"John Wiley and Sons Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406945362263,"sku":"9781118912379","price":39.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118912379.jpg?v=1730497647","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/sports-in-american-life-9781118912379","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}