A Companion to American Sport History presents a collection of original essays that represent the first comprehensive analysis of scholarship relating to the growing field of American sport history.
- Presents the first complete analysis of the scholarship relating to the academic history of American sport
- Features contributions from many of the finest scholars working in the field of American sport history
- Includes coverage of the chronology of sports from colonial times to the present day, including major sports such as baseball, football, basketball, boxing, golf, motor racing, tennis, and track and field
- Addresses the relationship of sports to urbanization, technology, gender, race, social class, and genres such as sports biography
Awarded 2015 Best Anthology from the North American Society for Sport History (NASSH)
A Companion to American Sport History represents the first comprehensive analysis of classic and contemporary scholarship relating to the burgeoning field of American sport history.
Featuring contributions from many of the finest scholars working in the field of American sport history, essays begin by tracing the evolution of sports in America from colonial societies through to the era of sport in the United States today. A series of thematic essays go on to cover major sports such as baseball, football, basketball, boxing, car racing, golf and tennis, and track and field, and more. Individual topics include the relationship of sports to issues of business, manliness, communications, urbanization, and technology. Historiographical essays offer fascinating insights into America's lengthy obsession with sporting culture, touching on topics such as gambling and crime, heroes and villains, and race and gender. Authoritative and timely, A Companion to American Sport History helps shape our understanding of the complex role of sports in American history.
