More Than Just a Game - Sports in American Life Since 1945

Erscheinungsjahr 2006
ISBN: 978-0-231-12535-2
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 304 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 146 mm x 226 mm, Gewicht: 413 g

Reihe: Columbia Histories of Modern American Life

More Than Just a Game tracks the explosion of the sports industry in the United States since 1945 and how it has shaped class, racial, gender, and national identities. By examining both professional and intercollegiate sports such as baseball, football, basketball, golf, tennis, and stock car racing, Kathryn Jay looks at the impact of packaging, salary, hype, corporate sponsorship, drug use, and the presence of women and African American players. Jay also considers the persistent belief that sports encourage good citizenship and morality despite a rise in cheating and violent behavior and an unabashed emphasis on financial gain. More Than Just a Game is a fascinating exploration of a phenomenon that has engaged the American imagination and thrilled fans for decades.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Jay, Kathryn

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport: Psychologie, Soziologie, Ethik
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Geschichte einzelner Länder Amerikanische Geschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Mentalitäts- und Sozialgeschichte
• Sozialwissenschaften Sport | Tourismus | Freizeit Sport Sport, Sportwissenschaft: Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

IntroductionSports, the American WayAn Athletic Cold WarA Brave New WorldMaking Sense of the SixtiesWalking the Picket Line and Fighting for RightsCompeting on the Open MarketHigh-Priced Heroes Go Global

Über Autor(innen)

Kathryn Jay was most recently an assistant professor of history and director of American studies at Barnard College.