Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States
- ISBN-10
- 0313299110
- ISBN-13
- 9780313299117
- Category
- History
- Pages
- 530
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2000
- Publisher
- Greenwood Publishing Group
- Authors
- Othello Harris, George Kirsch, Claire Nolte
Description
Traces the development of athletics in the United States by examining the sporting experience of Native Americans, African Americans and the immigrant groups of the United States from Colonial times to the present.
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