{"product_id":"this-too-was-america-9781476691282","title":"This Too Was America","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e   Cricket in America achieved its greatest acclaim, most extensive organization and highest level of competition in Philadelphia in the mid-19th century. The city took upon itself the burden of representing the entire U.S. during the sport''s emerging international popularity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e   It was a story of amazing successes, abysmal failures and engaging personalities--like John B. King, revered to this day as one of the all-time greatest players--and eventual decline and demise. This meticulously researched history examines the origin and rise of a sport''s legacy that, even in its demise, would endure as a lost vision of America''s sporting destiny.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePrologue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA Note on Technical Cricket Terms\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOne. New York\/Philadelphia Cricket and the Ball-Playing Spring of the 1840s\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo. The Rise of Philadelphia Cricket and the Uncertainty of a Sporting Identity\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree. ­Post–Civil War Cricket and Baseball and the Divergence of a Sporting Culture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFour. Guardian of a Sporting Alternative\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFive. Young America, the Hargreaves Family, and the Assertion of Nativism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSix. Intern to Internationalism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSeven. Clubs, Players, and the Flowering of Late 19th-Century Philadelphia Cricket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEight. Ambivalence of Destiny\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNine. \"A Civilization of Its Own\": The World of Late 19th-Century Philadelphia Cricket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTen. Visions of Viability: The England Tour of 1903\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEleven. Twilight of Internationalism and the Drift from Nativism\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwelve. Decline, Denial, and Dreams: The Passing of Philadelphia Cricket\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAppendix: Casual Olympian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter Notes\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliographic Essay\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"McFarland \u0026 Co Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51742571987287,"sku":"9781476691282","price":29.96,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781476691282.jpg?v=1758385316","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/this-too-was-america-9781476691282","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}