A people's history of sports in the United States : 250 years of politics, protest, people, and play /

A people's history of sports in the United States : 250 years of politics, protest, people, and play /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zirin, Dave
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : New Press : 2008.
Series:New Press people's history.
Subjects:
Sports > Political aspects > United States > History.
Sports > Social aspects > United States > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Until the twentieth century
  • Rough riding
  • Sports and leisure
  • No depression
  • War and its discontents
  • Have we gone soft?
  • Sports on the edge of panic
  • The flood gates
  • The 1980s : welcome to hell
  • C.R.E.A.M.
  • More of the same versus change.