Sports in American life a history Third Edition by Richard O Davies ISBN 1118912373 9781118912379

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ISBN 10: 1118912373 

ISBN 13: 9781118912379

Author: Richard O. Davies

The third edition of author Richard O. Davies’ highly praised narrative of American sports, Sports in American Life: A History, features extensive revisions and updates to its presentation of an interpretative history of the relationship of sports to the larger themes of U.S. history.

Updated include a new section on concussions caused by contact sports and new biographies of John Wooden and Joe Paterno.

• Features extensive revisions and updates, along with a leaner, faster-paced narrative than previous editions
• Addresses the social, economic, and cultural interaction between sports and gender, race, class, and other larger issues
• Provides expanded coverage of college sports, women in sports, race and racism in organized sports, and soccer’s sharp rise in popularity
• Features an all-new section that tackles the growing controversy of head injuries and concussions caused by contact sports

Table of contents: 

Introduction
1. The Emergence of Organized Sports, 1607–1860
2. Baseball: “America’s Game”
3. Sports and the Emergence of Modern America, 1865–1920
4. The Emergence of King Football, 1869–1920
5. The National Pastime: Baseball, 1890–1930
6. Playing Nice: Women and Sports, 1860–1945
7. Sports in the Age of Ballyhoo, Depression, and War, 1920–1945
8. Sports on Campus, 1920–1950
9. America’s Great Dilemma
10. “The Thrill of Victory, the Agony of Defeat”: Television Revolutionizes Sports
11. The Big Business of College Sports
12. Play for Pay: Professional Sports in America
13. Do You Believe in Miracles?
14. The Persistent Dilemma of Race
15. Playing Nice No Longer: Women’s Sports, 1960–2015
16. “Only in America!”
17. The Democratization of Sports
Epilogue

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