American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of Televised Sports

American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of Televised Sports
ISBN-10
0130977500
ISBN-13
9780130977502
Category
Sports & Recreation / General
Pages
373
Language
English
Published
2004
Publisher
Prentice Hall
Author
Benjamin G. Rader

Description

American Sports offers a reflective, analytical history of American sports from the colonial era to the present. Readers will focus on the diverse relationships between sports and class, gender, race, ethnicity, religion and region, and understand how these interactions can bind diverse groups together. By considering the economic, social and cultural factors that have surrounded competitive sports, readers will understand how sports have reinforced or challenged the values and behaviors of society.

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