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Pages: 290
Authors: Mark Dyreson
Categories: History
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One day in front of the television would convince any alien that the entirety of American culture is built around sports. Politics and business are abustle with
Making the American Team
Language: en
Pages: 290
Authors: Mark Dyreson
Categories: Sports & Recreation
Type: BOOK - Published: 2024-04-22 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press

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Sport dominates television and the mass media. Politics and business are a-bustle with sports metaphors. Endorsements by athletes sell us products. "Home run,"
The Irish and the Making of American Sport, 1835-1920
Language: en
Pages: 479
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Jerrold Casway coined the phrase "The Emerald Age of Baseball" to describe the 1890s, when so many Irish names dominated teams' rosters. But one can easily agre
The Real All Americans
Language: en
Pages: 352
Authors: Sally Jenkins
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Sally Jenkins, bestselling co-author of It's Not About the Bike, revives a forgotten piece of history in The Real All Americans. In doing so, she has crafted a
American Sport in International History
Language: en
Pages: 257
Authors: Daniel M. DuBois
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This book explores how American sports, especially basketball, baseball and American football, have projected the US into the world, and brought the world into