* New edition maintains the book s acclaimed level of research, analysis, and readability * Explores topics including urbanization, ethnicity, class, sport in educational institutions, women in sport, and sport s role in manifesting city, regional, and national pride.
Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920 presents the second edition of Stephen A. Riess's highly acclaimed study of the development of sports during one of the most transformational times in American history. Incorporating a wealth of updated material, Riess explores how American sport blossomed in the late nineteenth century. The widespread acceptance by the middle class of a positive sports creed justified sport as promoting health, morality, and character. Detailed chapters examine urbanization and the influence of technological innovation, including transportation; social class; ethnicity and race; sport and educational institutions; the rise of professional sports; and an entirely new concluding chapter on American sport in the international arena. The second edition of Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920, offers a wealth of insights into the origins and evolution of American sport while unfurling a pageant of celebrities, players, spectators, and entrepreneurs--all engaged in the drama that is American sport.
