A01=Leverett T. Smith
Author_Leverett T. Smith
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Product details
- ISBN 9780879728670
- Weight: 333g
- Dimensions: 160 x 228mm
- Publication Date: 31 Jan 1975
- Publisher: The Popular Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This engaging study examines sports as both a symbol of American culture and a formative force that shapes American values. Leverett T. Smith Jr. uses high culture, in the form of literature and criticism, to analyze the popular culture of baseball and professional football. He explores the history of baseball through three important events: the fixing of the 1919 World Series, the appointment of Judge Landis as commissioner of baseball with dictatorial powers, and the emergence of Babe Ruth as the ""new"" kind of ball player. Finally, he documents the emergence of professional football as the national game through the history and writings of former Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, who emerges as both a critic of the business-oriented society and a canny businessman and manager of men himself.
