Understanding American sports /
Co-authored by two of the world's foremost experts on sports culture, one American and one European, this book draws on both the outsider's perspective and that of the insider to explain American sports culture. With extensive use of examples and illustrations, the development of American...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
2009.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- An introduction to the United States
- The evolution of American sports
- A nation of immigrants
- The relevance of baseball
- Football games
- College sport
- Physical education and sports in American schools
- Professional sport: development and organization
- Fitness and recreational sport
- Sport and race
- Women and sport: the long road to liberation
- The cultural importance of sports heroes
- Sport, media, consumption
- Sport as big business.