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Introduction: American Sport History -- Toward A New Paradigm / S.w. Pope -- 1. Sports Through The Nineteenth Century / Elliott J. Gorn -- 2. The Early Years Of Baseball, 1845-60 / Melvin L. Adelman -- 3. In The Beginning Was The Rule / Michael Oriard -- 4. Regulating The Body And The Body Politic: American Sport, Bourgeois Culture, And The Language Of Progress, 1880-1920 / Mark Dyreson -- 5. Gender And Sporting Practice In Early America, 1750-1810 / Nancy L. Struna -- 6. Sport And The Redefinition Of Middle-class Masculinity In Victorian America / Steven A. Riess -- 7. The Amazon And The American Lady: Sexual Fears Of Women As Athletes / Donald J. Mrozek -- 8. Sports And Eros / Allen Guttmann -- 9. The Meanings Of Prizefighting / Elliott J. Gorn -- 10. Oy Such A Fighter!: Boxing And The American Jewish Experience / Peter Levine -- 11. Muscular Marxism And The Chicago Counter-olympics Of 1932 / William J. Baker -- 12. Selling Sport And Religion In American Society: Bishop Sheil And The Catholic Youth Organization / Gerald R. Gems -- 13. Great Speed But Little Stamina: The Historical Debate Over Black Athletic Superiority / David K. Wiggins -- 14. Entrepreneurs, Organizations, And T

Author

S.W. Pope

Publisher

Urbana: University of Illinois Press

Published

1997

Language

EN

ISBN

9780252065675

Subjects

Sports, Anthropology, History