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American History through American Sports: From Colonial Lacrosse to Extreme Sports [3 volumes]
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780313379888
ISBN-10: 0313379882
Pagini: 944
Dimensiuni: 163 x 241 x 76 mm
Greutate: 2.04 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0313379882
Pagini: 944
Dimensiuni: 163 x 241 x 76 mm
Greutate: 2.04 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Praeger
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Notă biografică
Danielle Sarver Coombs, PhD, is assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State University, Kent, OH.Bob Batchelor, PhD, is assistant professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Kent State University and academic coordinator of its online master's program in public relations. Batchelor is the author or editor of 21 books, including 3 volumes in Greenwood's "Popular Culture through History" series: The 1900s, The 1980s, and The 2000s. In addition, he edited Greenwood's four-volume American Pop: Popular Culture Decade by Decade; Praeger's three-volume Cult Pop Culture: How the Fringe Became Mainstream; and Praeger's three-volume American History through American Sports.
Cuprins
Volume 1: Creating Sports Culture: BeginningsSection One - Critical Issues1. America Plays: Sports in Colonial Times - Russ Crawford2. Holy Cow! How the Advent of Early Sports Broadcasting Dramatically Changed How Professional Sports Teams in the United States Are Marketed - Ric Jensen3. Sports as Spectacle: Early Athletes as Popular Culture Icons - Ray Gamache4. Professional Sports: Big Money and Sports as an Industry - Brad Schultz5. Cables, Speakers, and Screens: The Development of Technology in Sports Broadcasting - Alex KupferSection Two - The Big Four6. Four Yards and a Cloud of Dust: The Greatest Running Back in Football History - Kaitlin Krister7. Baseball: The Nation's First National Pastime - Adam G. Capitanio8. Jackie Robinson: The Patron Saint of American Sports - Leslie Heaphy9. The Yankee Dynasty - Donna Waller Harper10. The Babe: Reconsidering America's First Sports Legend - Gina Anne Conley11. A Concise History of Early Baseball - Scott Reinardy12. Cobb's Ghost: An Argument for Baseball's Greatest Hitter - Lori Amber Roessner13. Organized Chaos: The Early History of Professional Basketball -- Jim Fisher14. Soccer on the Pond: Hockey's Role in Young America - Melanie FormentinSection Three - Outside the Lines15. Soccer Means Football Here: Why the World's Game Never Made it to the US - Glen M.E. Duerr16. Fight Night: Boxing's Popularity in the Early Twentieth Century - Joe Marren17. Reintroducing the Olympics: Making Track and Field Relevant - Ben Dettmar18. The Tobacco Spittin', Moonshine Runnin' History of Early NASCAR - William Matthew McCarter19. Gentlemen, Start Your Engines: Early American Automobile Racing - Norma Jones20. Mountain Bike: Californians Reinvent Bicycling - Frédéric SavreVolume 2: Sports at the Center of Popular Culture: The Television AgeSection One - Critical Issues1. ESPN: Television Transforms Sports Culture - Patrick Sutherland2. Spectacle: Creating Sports Icons in a Media-Saturated World - Leigh H. Edwards3. Marvel Comics' Sports Comics in the first half of the 1990s - Rob G. Weiner4. It's About the Shoe: Nike and the Endless Sneaker Wars - Yuya Kiuchi5. Defense Wins Championships: Sports Philosophies and Folk Wisdom - Patrick Mayock6. It's in the Game: The History of Sports Video Games - Andrew BaergSection Two - The Big Four7. The Super in the Super Bowl - Michael Mooradian Lupro8. Bowled Over: The BCS and the Ongoing National Champion Controversy - Chris Sweeney9. My NFL: The Fantasy Football Craze - Jesse James Draper10. More Than the Crack of the Bat: "Walk-on Music" and Popular Music in Major League Baseball - Mathew Bartkowiak and Yuya Kiuchi11. Visualizing the National Pastime: Lew Fonseca and the Birth of the MLB Film Bureau - Andrew G. Harrington12. Greg Maddux as Genius and the Sublimated Homosexual Desire of American Baseball Fans - Josef Benson13. Saving the NBA: Bird, Magic, and Jordan Rescue Professional Basketball - Justin D. Garcia14. The Great One: Wayne Gretzky's Enduring Legacy - Peter FontanaSection Three - Outside the Lines15. Soccer Moms and Football Dads: Sports and the Daily Life of American Youth - Jana Mathews16. When Pele was King: The rise and fall of the North American Soccer League - Glen .E. Duerr17. Professional Wrestling: Creating America's Fight Culture - Eero Laine18. The Gold: The Olympics in the Modern Age - Stephan Wassong19. Tiny Dancers: Olympic Gymnastics Captivates the World - Axel Kupfer and Stephan Wassong20. Rubbing is Racing: The New Nascar - P. Huston Ladner21. Boogity, Boogity, Boogity, Let's Go Racing.Girls? Female NASCAR Drivers - Norma Jones22. The Intimidator and Junior: The Legacy of the Earnhardts - P. Huston LadnerVolume 3: Sports in a Digital AgeSection One - Critical Issues1. Wired: Sports and the Digital Age - Steve Fox2. Social Media: Athletes, Teams, and Fans Collide Online - Randall W. Monty3. Social Media, Spaghetti Westerns, and Modern Spectator Sports - Nicholas David Bowman4. Doping: Deviant Behavior and the Consequences of Drugs in Professional Baseball - Salvador Murguia5. The Demise of Amateur Sports: College Athletes in the Modern Age - Alexandra Dellas6. Out of Bounds: Professional Athletes, New Media, and Violence Against Women in the Twenty-First Century - Natalie CarterSection Two - The Big Four7. All Football All the Time: The Role of Media in the Rise of NFL Fanaticism - Gordon Gibb8. The World's Game?: Baseball and Globalization - Craig Greenham9. Why I Hate the Yankees - Gary Gershman10. LeBron James, ESPN, and 'The Decision' - Gordon Gibb11. The World Catches Up: Basketball as a Global Game - Martin J. Manning12. Banking on "Sid The Kid" and "Alex The Great"-The National Hockey League Turns to Two Young Stars As Its Saviors - Ric Jensen13. Do We Still Play on Ice: The NHL's Warm Weather Movement - Stephen P. Andon14. The Great Outdoor Game: NHL Finally Gets Marketing Right - Melanie FormentinSection Three - Outside the Lines15. "Beckhamania:" David Beckham's Evolution from Skilled Athlete to Global Superstar - Danielle Sarver Coombs16. Don't Tread on Me: Soccer in the USA - Danielle Sarver Coombs17. Reopening the Curtain on Rugby in America - Ray Schuck18. Digital Sports Fans, Lance Armstrong, and Virtual Communities - Andrew R. Meyer19. Pushing the Limits: Ultra-marathons, Ironman, and the Modern Athlete - Matt Mihalka20. In the OctagonT: Mixed Martial Arts Comes to Life - Miles Adam Park21. Adrenaline Rush in a Bottle! The Growth and Mainstreaming of Extreme Sports - Norma Jones