A01=Melvin L. Adelman
America's Sporting Heritage
Author_Melvin L. Adelman
baseball
billiards
boxing
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Category=SCX
Category=WQH
commercialization
competition
cricket
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eq_history
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eq_isMigrated=2
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eq_sports-fitness
ethics
harness
horse
information systems
John R. Betts
moral
national standards
organized
player roles
racing
sanctions
social benefits
Product details
- ISBN 9780252061219
- Weight: 540g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 01 Jan 1990
- Publisher: University of Illinois Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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A classic of scholarship, A Sporting Time rewrites the narrative of how Americans embraced sports. Melvin L. Adelman argues that modern sports began its rise long before the close of the nineteenth century. Focusing on games like baseball and cricket, turf sports like horse and harness racing, and competitive activities ranging from rowing to billiards to boxing, Adelman shows how American athletics became increasingly organized and commercialized. He also traces the emergence of national standards and competition, specialized player roles, the growth of sports information systems, and the ideological sanctions that promoted the moral and social benefits of sport.
Melvin L. Adelman was a sport historian at The Ohio State University.
