The Routledge History of American Sport

Editors: Borish, Linda J., Wiggins, David K. and Gems, Gerald R.
Publication Year: 2017
Publisher: Routledge

Price: Core Collection Only
ISBN: 978-1-13-878675-2
Category: Arts & Leisure - Sports
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents

The Routledge History of American Sport provides the first comprehensive overview of historical research in American sport from the early Colonial period to the present day.

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Table of Contents

  • Contributors
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction - LINDA J. BORISH, DAVID K. WIGGINS, AND GERALD R. GEMS
  • Part I Introduction to American Sport History: Perspectives and Prospects
  • 1 Theory and Method in American Sport History - JOHN SOARES
  • 2 New Directions and Future Considerations in American Sport History - JAIME SCHULTZ
  • 3 The Wild West of Pedagogy: Thoughts on Teaching American Sport History - RYAN SWANSON
  • Part II Sport and Education
  • 4 Progressive-Era Sport, Education, and Reform - BRIAN M. INGRASSIA
  • 5 Intercollegiate Sports - RONALD A. SMITH
  • 6 High School Sports - ROBERT PRUTER
  • 7 Youth Sports - DENNIS GILDEA
  • Part III Race, Ethnicity, American Sport, and Identity
  • 8 Native American Sports - JOHN D. BLOOM
  • 9 African Americans and Sports - CHARLES H. MARTIN
  • 10 Latinos and Sport - ADRIAN BURGOS, JR.
  • 11 Irish Americans and Sport - RALPH C. WILCOX
  • 12 German Americans and Sport - ANNETTE R. HOFMANN
  • 13 Sport and Italian American Identity - GERALD R. GEMS
  • 14 Jews and American Sports - STEVEN A. RIESS
  • 15 Asian Americans and Sport - JOEL S. FRANKS
  • Part IV Gender and American Sport
  • 16 The Historical Influence of Sport in the Lives of American Females - ROBERTA J. PARK
  • 17 Title IX, Race, and Recent Sport - SARAH K. FIELDS
  • 18 Sport and Masculinity - KEVIN B. WAMSLEY AND MACINTOSH ROSS
  • 19 Queering Fields and Courts: Considerations on LGBT Sport History - RITA LIBERTI
  • Part V The Business of Sport
  • 20 Sport, Television, and the Media - RICHARD C. CREPEAU
  • 21 Commercialized Sport, Entrepreneurs, and Unions in Major League Baseball - BRAHAM DABSCHECK
  • 22 Play for Pay: Professional Sports and American Culture - RICHARD O. DAVIES
  • 23 Sport in American Film - DONALD J. MROZEK
  • 24 Hegemony and Identity: The Evolution of American Women's Participation in Active Sport Tourism - BRENDA P. WIGGINS AND MARGARET J. DANIELS
  • Part VI Material Culture and Sport
  • 25 Playgrounds, Stadiums, and Country Clubs - ROBERT C. TRUMPBOUR
  • 26 Building American Muscle: A Brief History of Barbells, Dumbbells, and Pulley Machines - JAN TODD AND JASON SHURLEY
  • 27 Sport Training, Sport Science, and Technology - AMANDA N. SCHWEINBENZ
  • Part VII Social Movements and Political Uses of Sport
  • 28 “Faster, Higher, Stronger”—And More Patriotic: American Olympic Narratives - MARK DYRESON, TOM RORKE, AND ADAM BERG
  • 29 American Military Sport from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century - WANDA ELLEN WAKEFIELD
  • 30 A Divided World: The U.S., the U.S.S.R., and Sport during the Cold War - CHRIS ELZEY
  • Part VIII Facets of Sport in Recent American Culture
  • 31 Active Radicals: The Political Athlete in the Contemporary Moment - AMY BASS
  • 32 Alternative, Extreme (and Avant-Garde) Sport - ROBERT E. RINEHART
  • 33 Not Quite a Slam Dunk: Globalization and American Team Sports - JOHN NAURIGHT
  • Suggested Further Readings