A brief history of American sports:
"Gorn and Goldstein show us where our games and pastimes came from, how they developed, and what they have meant to Americans. The great heroes of baseball and football are here, as well as the dramatic moments of boxing and basketball. Beyond this, the authors show us how sports fit into the l...
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| Summary: | "Gorn and Goldstein show us where our games and pastimes came from, how they developed, and what they have meant to Americans. The great heroes of baseball and football are here, as well as the dramatic moments of boxing and basketball. Beyond this, the authors show us how sports fit into the larger contours of our past. A Brief History of American Sports reveals that from colonial times to the present, sports have been central to American culture, and a profound expression of who we are."--BOOK JACKET. |
| Physical Description: | XIV, 290 S. Ill. |
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Preface
xi
PART I AMERICA BECOMES A SPORTING NATION
1
Colonists at Play
Virgin Land
3
English Sports
6
The Virginia Ethic
The New England Way
30
The Middle Colonies
37
Sports and the New Nation
42
2
Saints and Their Bodies : Sport Through
i860
The Adams Family
47
Victorian Culture and the
Attack on Traditional Sports
49
The Beginnings of
Modern American Sports
64
Muscular Christians and
Brawny Brahmins
81
3
Vigorous,
Manli/, Out-of-Door
Sports :
The Gilded Age
. . .
Healthful and Invigorating Sports
... 98
Sport and Society
105
The Rise of Mass Sports: Boxing and Baseball
114
Elite Sports
129
The Strenuous Life
138
vii
viii Contents
PARTII SPORT
AND ITS DISCONTENTS:
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
4
Sports with a Mission: Football and Basketball
Walter Camp and the Bureaucratization of
the Strenuous Life
153
Football, Alumni, and the
Control of the University
164
Progressives, Play, and Basketball
169
World War I: The Great Unifier
177
5
Play, Business, and Space:
Sports and the Public Sphere
Home Teams
183
Sports Heroes and Mass Culture
188
Gender and Sport
197
Racial Integration
209
6
Money, Television, Drugs, and the Win:
Dilemmas of Modern Sports
Amateur Ideals and Sporting Reality
222
Twentieth-Century Amateurism
228
The Impact of Television
236
The Historical Roots of the Drag Problem
in Sports
241
Epilogue
251
Bibliographic Essay
257
Index
277
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Contents
Preface
xi
PART I AMERICA BECOMES A SPORTING NATION
1
Colonists at Play
"Virgin Land"
3
English Sports
6
The Virginia Ethic
The New England Way
30
The Middle Colonies
37
Sports and the New Nation
42
2
"Saints and Their Bodies": Sport Through
i860
The Adams Family
47
Victorian Culture and the
Attack on Traditional Sports
49
The Beginnings of
Modern American Sports
64
Muscular Christians and
Brawny Brahmins
81
3
"Vigorous,
Manli/, Out-of-Door
Sports":
The Gilded Age
". . .
Healthful and Invigorating Sports
." 98
Sport and Society
105
The Rise of Mass Sports: Boxing and Baseball
114
Elite Sports
129
"The Strenuous Life"
138
vii
viii Contents
PARTII SPORT
AND ITS DISCONTENTS:
THE TWENTIETH CENTURY
4
Sports with a Mission: Football and Basketball
Walter Camp and the Bureaucratization of
the Strenuous Life
153
Football, Alumni, and the
Control of the University
164
Progressives, Play, and Basketball
169
World War I: The Great Unifier
177
5
Play, Business, and Space:
Sports and the Public Sphere
Home Teams
183
Sports Heroes and Mass Culture
188
Gender and Sport
197
Racial Integration
209
6
Money, Television, Drugs, and the Win:
Dilemmas of Modern Sports
Amateur Ideals and Sporting Reality
222
Twentieth-Century Amateurism
228
The Impact of Television
236
The Historical Roots of the Drag Problem
in Sports
241
Epilogue
251
Bibliographic Essay
257
Index
277 |
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