{"product_id":"the-new-american-sport-history-9780252065675","title":"The New American Sport History","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this collection, sixteen scholars explore topics as diverse as the historical debate over black athletic superiority, the selling of sport in society, the eroticism of athletic activity, sexual fears of women athletes, and the marketing of the marathon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn line with the changing nature of sport history as a field of study, the essays focus less on traditional topics and more on themes of class, gender, race, ethnicity, and national identity, which also define the larger parameters of social and cultural history. It is the first anthology to situation sport history within the broader fields of social history and cultural studies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContributors are Melvin L. Adelman, William J. Baker, Pamela L. Cooper, Mark Dyreson, Gerald R. Gems, Elliott J. Gorn, Allen Guttmann, Stephen H. Hardy, Peter Levine, Donald J. Mrozek, Michael Oriard, S. W. Pope, Benjamin G. Rader, Steven A. Riess, Nancy L. Struna, and David K. Wiggins.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 1998.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Impressive! Pope presents a variety of new social, cultural, and economic approaches to the study of sports in American society.\"--George B. Kirsch, author of \u003ci\u003eGolf in America\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400466997591,"sku":"9780252065675","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780252065675.jpg?v=1730470754","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-new-american-sport-history-9780252065675","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}