The Routledge History of American Sport (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Borish, Linda J.; Gems, Gerald R.; Wiggins, David K.

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

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. Considering sport through innovative themes and topics such as the business of sport, material culture and sport, the political uses of sport, and gender and sport, this text offers an interdisciplinary analysis of American leisure. Rather than moving chronologically through American history or considering the historical origins of each sport, these topics are dealt with organically within thematic chapters, emphasizing the influence of sport on American society.

The volume is divided into eight thematic sections that include detailed original essays on particular facets of each theme. Focusing on how sport has influenced the history of women, minorities, politics, the media, and culture, these thematic chapters survey the major areas of debate and discussion. The volume offers a comprehensive view of the history of sport in America, pushing the field to consider new themes and approaches as well.

Including a roster of contributors renowned in their fields of expertise, this ground-breaking collection is essential reading for all those interested in the history of American sport.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 484
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Oktober 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317662501
• Artikelnr.: 46758076

Autorenporträt

Linda J. Borish is Associate Professor in the History Department and Gender/Women's Studies Department at Western Michigan University. She has presented and published her work nationally and internationally. David K. Wiggins is a professor and co-director of the Center for the Study of Sport and Leisure in Society at George Mason University.Gerald R. Gems is a past president of the North American Society for Sport History, the current vice-president of the International Society for the History of Physical Education and Sport, and a Fulbright Scholar, who has presented his work in 29 countries

Inhaltsangabe

Contributors
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART I: Introduction to American Sport History: Perspectives and Prospects
1. Theory and Method in American Sport History
2. New Directions and Future Considerations in American Sport History
3. The Wild West of Pedagogy: Thoughts on Teaching American Sport History
PART II: Sport and Education
4. Progressive-Era Sport
Education
and Reform
5. Intercollegiate Sports
6. High School Sports
7. Youth Sports
PART III: Race
Ethnicity
American Sport
and Identity
8. Native American Sports
9. African Americans and Sports
10. Latinos and Sport
11. Irish Americans and Sport
12. German Americans and Sport
13. Sport and Italian American Identity
14. Jews and American Sports
15. Asian Americans and Sport
PART IV: Gender and American Sport
16. The Historical Influence of Sport in the Lives of American Females
17. Title IX
Race
and Recent Sport
18. Sport and Masculinity
19. Queering Fields and Courts: Considerations on LGBT Sport History
PART V: The Business of Sport
20. Sport
Television
and the Media
21. Commercialized Sport
Entrepreneurs
and Unions in Major League Baseball
22. Play for Pay: Professional Sports and American Culture
23. Sport in American Film
24. Hegemony and Identity: The Evolution of American Women's Participation in Active Sport Tourism
PART VI: Material Culture and Sport
25. Playgrounds
Stadiums
and Country Clubs
26. Building American Muscle: A Brief History of Barbells
Dumbbells
and Pulley Machines
27. Sport Training
Sport Science
and Technology
PART VII: Social Movements and Political Uses of Sport
28. "Faster
Higher
Stronger"-And More Patriotic: American Olympic Narratives
29. American Military Sport from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century
30. A Divided World: The U.S.
the U.S.S.R.
and Sport during the Cold War
PART VIII: Facets of Sport in Recent American Culture
31. Active Radicals: The Political Athlete in the Contemporary Moment
32. Alternative
Extreme (and Avant-Garde) Sport
33. Not Quite a Slam Dunk: Globalization and American Team Sports
Suggested Further Readings
Index