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Author Betts, John Rickards, 1917-1971.

Title America's sporting heritage, 1850-1950 / John Rickards Betts.

Imprint Reading, Mass. : Addison-Wesley Pub. Co., c1974.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 2nd Floor Stacks  796 B466a 1974    ---  Available
Description xv, 428 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Series Addison-Wesley series in social significance of sports
Bibliography Includes bibliography (p. 401-409) and index..
Contents Pt. 1: The rise of class sport, 1850-1920 -- Ch. 1. Early years of American sport -- Ch. 2. Rural and urban influences before the Civil War -- Ch. 3. Sporting journalism and the technological revolution -- Ch. 4. The athletic impulse, 1860-1890 -- Ch. 5. The triumph of athletics, 1890-1920 -- Ch. 6. Of gentlemen and pugs -- Ch. 7. Urbanization and democratization -- Ch. 8. Social and cultural implications, 1860-1920 -- Pt. 2: The rise of mass sport, 1920-1950 -- Ch. 9. Fabulous and tragic years, 1920-1935 -- Ch. 10. Recovery, war, and peace -- Ch. 11. Business, industry, and the economic scene -- Ch. 12. Social democracy and the playing fields -- Ch. 13. Education, religion, and the arts -- References and bibliography.
Subject Sports -- United States -- History.
Sports -- history -- United States.
ISBN 0201005573
9780201005578
Standard No. NLGGC 781381053

 
    
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