Sports in American history : from colonization to globalization
Gerald R. Gems (Author), Linda J. Borish (Author), Gertrud Pfister (Author)
"Sports in American History: From Colonization to Globalization, Third Edition, helps students grasp the compelling evolution of American sporting practices. The text explores sports history as a social and cultural phenomenon, generates a better understanding of current practices in sport, and considers future developments in American sport. This comprehensive resource explores sport through various historical periods--including premodern America, colonial times, and the modern era. It features critical new content that will provide a framework for understanding how and why sport intersects with many facets of American society: examination of how women, racial minorities, and ethnic and religious groups have influenced U.S. sporting culture; highlights of contemporary issues affecting sport in the twenty-first century, including the Covid-19 pandemic, social justice movements, changes in name, image, and likeness policy, and sports technology; updated sidebars that introduce key figures in sports history and provide a global understanding of sport; excerpts from primary documents that uncover fascinating firsthand accounts that reflect the historical development of American sport; time lines of major milestones in sport and society; full-length Sport History Review articles, delivered online through HKPropel, that supplement the article excerpts in the chapters. Sports in American History, Third Edition, is unique in its level of detail, broad time frame, and focus on the evolving definitions of physical activity and games throughout United States history."-- Back cover
Print Book, English, 2023
Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL, 2023