| Description |
x, 282 pages ; 22 cm |
| Series |
Contributions to the study of popular culture ; no. 12 |
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Contributions to the study of popular culture ; no. 12
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| Contents |
Horses and gentlemen : the cultural significance of gambling among the gentry of Virginia / T.H. Breen --Leisure time on the Southern plantation : the slaves' respite from constant toil, 1810-1860 / David K. Wiggins -- Quantification and sport : the American Jockey Club, 1866-1867 : a collective biography /Melvin L. Adelman -- Baseball in the small Ohio community, 1865-1900 / Carl M. Becker and Richard H. Grigsby -- In the ring and out : professional boxing in New York, 1896-1920 / Steven A. Riess -- Lefties and righties : the Communist Party and sports during the Great Depression / Mark Naison -- White America views Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, and Muhammad Ali /Frederic Cople Jaher -- Women and sport / Stephanie L. Twin -- Sports violence and social crisis / Peter Levine and Peter Vinten-Johansen -- Black consciousness and Olympic protest movement, 1964-1980 /Donald Spivey |
| Analysis |
United States Sports, 1650-1980 |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [263]-264 |
| Subject |
Sports -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.
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Sports -- United States -- History.
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| Author |
Spivey, Donald.
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| LC no. |
84025265 |
| ISBN |
0313247056 (lib. bdg.) |
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