Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime - Horse Racing Politics and Organized Crime in New York 1865 -1913

Informationen zum Autor Steven A. Riess is a Bernard Brommel Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of History at Northeastern Illinois University, where he has taught for thirty-five years. He is the author of several books on the history of sport including Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era and City Games: The Evolution of American Society and the Rise of Sports. Klappentext Horse Racing, Politics and Gambling 1865-1913 in New York Zusammenfassung Horse Racing! Politics and Gambling 1865-1913 in New York

Product details

• Authors: Steven Riess, Steven A. Riess
• Publisher: Syracuse University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2011
• EAN: 9780815609858
• ISBN: 978-0-8156-0985-8
• No. of pages: 446
• Series: Sports and Entertainment (Hard; Sports and Entertainment (Hard; Sports and Entertainment
• Subjects: Guides > Nature > Horses, riding; Humanities, art, music > History > Cultural history