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Sports in American Life

eBook - A History
WILEY-BLACKWELL
ISBN/EAN: 9781118912546
Umbreit-Nr.: 9465528

Sprache: Englisch
Umfang: 504 S., 17.64 MB
Format in cm:
Einband: Keine Angabe

Erschienen am 23.05.2016
Auflage: 3/2016


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Format: EPUB
DRM: Adobe DRM
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  • Zusatztext

    • The third edition of author Richard O. Davies' highly praised narrative of American sports,Sports in American Life: A History, features extensive revisions and updates to its presentation of an interpretative history of the relationship of sports to the larger themes of U.S. history.

      Updated include a new section on concussions caused by contact sports and new biographies of John Wooden and Joe Paterno.

      • Features extensive revisions and updates, along with a leaner, faster-paced narrative than previous editions
      • Addresses the social, economic, and cultural interaction between sports and gender, race, class, and other larger issues
      • Provides expanded coverage of college sports, women in sports, race and racism in organized sports, and soccer's sharp rise in popularity
      • Features an all-new section that tackles the growing controversy of head injuries and concussions caused by contact sports
  • Kurztext
    • The third edition of author Richard O. Davies highly praised narrative of American sports, Sports in American Life: A History, features extensive revisions and updates to its presentation of an interpretative history of the relationship of sports to the larger themes of U.S. history. Updated include a new section on concussions caused by contact sports and new biographies of John Wooden and Joe Paterno. Features extensive revisions and updates, along with a leaner, faster-paced narrative than previous editions Addresses the social, economic, and cultural interaction between sports and gender, race, class, and other larger issues Provides expanded coverage of college sports, women in sports, race and racism in organized sports, and soccer s sharp rise in popularity Features an all-new section that tackles the growing controversy of head injuries and concussions caused by contact sports
  • Autorenportrait

    • Richard O. Davies is Distinguished Professor of History, Emeritus, at the University of Nevada, Reno. His books includeRivals! The Ten Greatest American Sports Rivalries of the 20th Century (Wiley, 2010),Sports in American Life: A History (Wiley, 2007, 2012),Betting the Line: Sports Wagering in American Life (2001), andMain Street Blues: The Decline of Small-Town America (1998). Davies was inducted into the Nevada Writers Hall of Fame in 2013 and  continues to pursue an active retirement.