More Than Just a Game: Sports in American Life Since 1945 (Columbia Histories of Modern American Life)
Author(s)
Jay, Kathryn
Jay, Kathryn
This book examines major sports, both professional and intercollegiate, from baseball, football, and basketball to golf, tennis, stock car racing, and extreme sports, to explain how sports became a multibillion-dollar industry as well as a major influence on and reflection of American society. Jay also shows how sports have helped shape racial, gender, national, and class identities.
Keywords
Sociology of Sports
Sociology of Sports
| Name in long format: | More Than Just a Game: Sports in American Life Since 1945 (Columbia Histories of Modern American Life) |
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| ISBN-10: | 0231125348 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780231125345 |
| Book pages: | 304 |
| Book language: | en |
| Edition: | Illustrated |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press |
| Dimensions: | Height: 9.21 Inches, Length: 6.14 Inches, Weight: 1.19 Pounds, Width: 0.75 Inches |
