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American History through American Sports
From Colonial Lacrosse to Extreme Sports [3 volumes]
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A termék adatai:
- Kiadó Praeger
- Megjelenés dátuma 2012. december 18.
- Kötetek száma Pack - Printer Assembled
- ISBN 9780313379888
- Kötéstípus Keménykötés
- Terjedelem944 oldal
- Méret 234x158x76 mm
- Súly 2013 g
- Nyelv angol 0
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Hosszú leírás:
Filled with insightful analysis and compelling arguments, this book considers the influence of sports on popular culture and spotlights the fascinating ways in which sports culture and American culture intersect.
This collection blends historical and popular culture perspectives in its analysis of the development of sports and sports figures throughout American history. American History through American Sports: From Colonial Lacrosse to Extreme Sports is unique in that it focuses on how each sport has transformed and influenced society at large, demonstrating how sports and popular culture are intrinsically entwined and the ways they both reflect larger societal transformations.
The essays in the book are wide-ranging, covering topics of interest for sports fans who enjoy the NFL and NASCAR as well as those who like tennis and watching the Olympics. Many topics feature information about specific sports icons and favorite heroes. Additionally, many of the topics' treatments prompt engagement by purposely challenging the reader to either agree or disagree with the author's analysis.
Tartalomjegyzék:
Volume 1: Creating Sports Culture: Beginnings
Section One - Critical Issues
1. America Plays: Sports in Colonial Times - Russ Crawford
2. Holy Cow! How the Advent of Early Sports Broadcasting Dramatically Changed How Professional Sports Teams in the United States Are Marketed - Ric Jensen
3. Sports as Spectacle: Early Athletes as Popular Culture Icons - Ray Gamache
4. Professional Sports: Big Money and Sports as an Industry - Brad Schultz
5. Cables, Speakers, and Screens: The Development of Technology in Sports Broadcasting - Alex Kupfer
Section Two - The Big Four
6. Four Yards and a Cloud of Dust: The Greatest Running Back in Football History - Kaitlin Krister
7. Baseball: The Nation's First National Pastime - Adam G. Capitanio
8. Jackie Robinson: The Patron Saint of American Sports - Leslie Heaphy
9. The Yankee Dynasty - Donna Waller Harper
10. The Babe: Reconsidering America's First Sports Legend - Gina Anne Conley
11. A Concise History of Early Baseball - Scott Reinardy
12. Cobb's Ghost: An Argument for Baseball's Greatest Hitter - Lori Amber Roessner
13. Organized Chaos: The Early History of Professional Basketball -- Jim Fisher
14. Soccer on the Pond: Hockey's Role in Young America - Melanie Formentin
Section Three - Outside the Lines
15. Soccer Means Football Here: Why the World's Game Never Made it to the US - Glen M.E. Duerr
16. Fight Night: Boxing's Popularity in the Early Twentieth Century - Joe Marren
17. Reintroducing the Olympics: Making Track and Field Relevant - Ben Dettmar
18. The Tobacco Spittin', Moonshine Runnin' History of Early NASCAR - William Matthew McCarter
19. Gentlemen, Start Your Engines: Early American Automobile Racing - Norma Jones
20. Mountain Bike: Californians Reinvent Bicycling - Frédéric Savre
Volume 2: Sports at the Center of Popular Culture: The Television Age
Section One - Critical Issues
1. ESPN: Television Transforms Sports Culture - Patrick Sutherland
2. Spectacle: Creating Sports Icons in a Media-Saturated World - Leigh H. Edwards
3. Marvel Comics' Sports Comics in the first half of the 1990s - Rob G. Weiner
4. It's About the Shoe: Nike and the Endless Sneaker Wars - Yuya Kiuchi
5. Defense Wins Championships: Sports Philosophies and Folk Wisdom - Patrick Mayock
6. It's in the Game: The History of Sports Video Games - Andrew Baerg
Section Two - The Big Four
7. The Super in the Super Bowl - Michael Mooradian Lupro
8. Bowled Over: The BCS and the Ongoing National Champion Controversy - Chris Sweeney
9. My NFL: The Fantasy Football Craze - Jesse James Draper
10. More Than the Crack of the Bat: "Walk-on Music" and Popular Music in Major League Baseball - Mathew Bartkowiak and Yuya Kiuchi
11. Visualizing the National Pastime: Lew Fonseca and the Birth of the MLB Film Bureau - Andrew G. Harrington
12. Greg Maddux as Genius and the Sublimated Homosexual Desire of American Baseball Fans - Josef Benson
13. Saving the NBA: Bird, Magic, and Jordan Rescue Professional Basketball - Justin D. Garcia
14. The Great One: Wayne Gretzky's Enduring Legacy - Peter Fontana
Section Three - Outside the Lines
15. Soccer Moms and Football Dads: Sports and the Daily Life of American Youth - Jana Mathews
16. When Pele was King: The rise and fall of the North American Soccer League - Glen .E. Duerr
17. Professional Wrestling: Creating America's Fight Culture - Eero Laine
18. The Gold: The Olympics in the Modern Age - Stephan Wassong
19. Tiny Dancers: Olympic Gymnastics Captivates the World - Axel Kupfer and Stephan Wassong
20. Rubbing is Racing: The New Nascar - P. Huston Ladner
21. Boogity, Boogity, Boogity, Let's Go Racing.Girls? Female NASCAR Drivers - Norma Jones
22. The Intimidator and Junior: The Legacy of the Earnhardts - P. Huston Ladner
Volume 3: Sports in a Digital Age
Section One - Critical Issues
1. Wired: Sports and the Digital Age - Steve Fox
2. Social Media: Athletes, Teams, and Fans Collide Online - Randall W. Monty
3. Social Media, Spaghetti Westerns, and Modern Spectator Sports - Nicholas David Bowman
4. Doping: Deviant Behavior and the Consequences of Drugs in Professional Baseball - Salvador Murguia
5. The Demise of Amateur Sports: College Athletes in the Modern Age - Alexandra Dellas
6. Out of Bounds: Professional Athletes, New Media, and Violence Against Women in the Twenty-First Century - Natalie Carter
Section Two - The Big Four
7. All Football All the Time: The Role of Media in the Rise of NFL Fanaticism - Gordon Gibb
8. The World's Game?: Baseball and Globalization - Craig Greenham
9. Why I Hate the Yankees - Gary Gershman
10. LeBron James, ESPN, and 'The Decision' - Gordon Gibb
11. The World Catches Up: Basketball as a Global Game - Martin J. Manning
12. Banking on "Sid The Kid" and "Alex The Great"-The National Hockey League Turns to Two Young Stars As Its Saviors - Ric Jensen
13. Do We Still Play on Ice: The NHL's Warm Weather Movement - Stephen P. Andon
14. The Great Outdoor Game: NHL Finally Gets Marketing Right - Melanie Formentin
Section Three - Outside the Lines
15. "Beckhamania:" David Beckham's Evolution from Skilled Athlete to Global Superstar - Danielle Sarver Coombs
16. Don't Tread on Me: Soccer in the USA - Danielle Sarver Coombs
17. Reopening the Curtain on Rugby in America - Ray Schuck
18. Digital Sports Fans, Lance Armstrong, and Virtual Communities - Andrew R. Meyer
19. Pushing the Limits: Ultra-marathons, Ironman, and the Modern Athlete - Matt Mihalka
20. In the OctagonT: Mixed Martial Arts Comes to Life - Miles Adam Park
21. Adrenaline Rush in a Bottle! The Growth and Mainstreaming of Extreme Sports - Norma Jones
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