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      A Cultural History of Sport in the Modern Age

      A Cultural History of Sport in the Modern Age covers the period 1920 to today. Over this time, world-wide participation in sport has been shaped by economic developments, communication and…

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      Sports and American Jew

      Steven A. Riess

      A collection of nine essays that delve into the relationship between Jewish Americans and the culture of sports. The book analyzes assimilation and acculturation, discrimination, gender, social class, and the…

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      Sports and American Jew

      Steven A. Riess

      A collection of nine essays that delve into the relationship between Jewish Americans and the culture of sports. The book analyzes assimilation and acculturation, discrimination, gender, social class, and the…

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      City Games: The Evolution of American Urban Society and the Rise of Sports

      Steven A. Riess

      Comprehensive and thoughtful, City Games looks at the complex interrelationship and interdependency between sport and the city. Steven A. Riess shows how demographic growth, evolving special arrangements, social reform, the…

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      Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era

      Steven A. Riess

      Examines the myths and the realities, symbols, and rituals of America’s favorite pastime. This book details the relationships among urban politics, communities, and baseball, exploring how debates over issues such…

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      The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime: Horse Racing Politics and Organized Crime in New York 1865 -1913

      Steven A. Riess

      Horse Racing, Politics and Gambling 1865-1913 in New York

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      Horse Racing the Chicago Way: Gambling, Politics, and Organized Crime, 1837-1911

      Steven A. Riess

      Chicago in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was second only to New York as a centre of both thoroughbred racing and off-track gambling. This book shines a light…

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      Horse Racing the Chicago Way: Gambling, Politics, and Organized Crime, 1837-1911

      Steven A. Riess

      Chicago in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was second only to New York as a centre of both thoroughbred racing and off-track gambling. This book shines a light…

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      A Companion to American Sport History

      A Companion to American Sport History presents a collection of original essays that represent the first comprehensive analysis of scholarship relating to the burgeoning field of American sport history. The…

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      Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920

      Steven A. Riess

      * New edition maintains the book s acclaimed level of research, analysis, and readability * Explores topics including urbanization, ethnicity, class, sport in educational institutions, women in sport, and sport…

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      The Chicago Sports Reader: 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City

      Examines Chicago’s long and glorious history of recreational and competitive sport, and as the home of the finest sporting events and most loyal fans in the United States. This title…

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      Major Problems in American Sport History

      Thomas G. Paterson,Steven A. Riess,Thomas Paterson

      Presents essential, readable, and provocative documents and essays that illuminate the American sporting experience from a variety of viewpoints. This book is designed to encourage critical thinking about history.

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      A Cultural History of Sport in the Modern Age

      A Cultural History of Sport in the Modern Age covers the period 1920 to today. Over this time, world-wide participation in sport has been shaped by economic developments, communication and…

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