How Boston Played: Sport, Recreation, and Community, 1865-1915
- ISBN-10
- 1572332182
- ISBN-13
- 9781572332188
- Category
- Boston (Mass.)
- Pages
- 272
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2003
- Publisher
- Univ. of Tennessee Press
- Author
- Stephen Hardy
Description
"Whether consciously molding the city through the construction of public spaces or developing social ties through organizations such as athletic clubs, Bostonians of all classes participated in recreation-based community building, often at cross-purposes. Elite Bostonians, for instance, promoted the establishment of parks as a healthy alternative to unsavory activities, such as drinking and gambling, that they associated with the city's vast new pool of immigrants. They were soon forced to compromise, however, with citizens who were less interested in the rhetoric of moral uplift than in using the parks for competitive athletics and commercial amusements."--BOOK JACKET.
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