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Informationen zum Autor Warren F. Kimball is the Robert Treat Professor Emeritus of History at Rutgers University. He is the author of a number of books, including Forged in War: Roosevelt, Churchill, and the Second World War. He was a member of the U.S. Tennis Association’s board of directors for four years. Klappentext Warren F. Kimball is the Robert Treat Professor Emeritus of History at Rutgers University.¿He is¿the¿author of a number of books, including Forged in War: Roosevelt, Churchill,¿and¿the Second World War.¿He was a member of the U.S. Tennis Association’s board of directors for four years.¿ ¿ Zusammenfassung Offers an in-depth look at the history of the United States Tennis Association (USTA) and how this sports organisation has helped cultivate and organise tennis in the United States over the past 135 years. With access to the private records of the USTA, Warren F. Kimball tells an engaging and rich history of how tennis has been managed and governed in the United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Illustrations Foreword by Dave Haggerty Preface Note on Citations 1. Origins: The Major and the Ladies 2. The Founding Gentlemen, 1877–1913 3. Evolutionary Revolution, 1913–1922 4. The Money: The Twenties and Thirties 5. Marking Time, 1941–1968 6. Open Tennis, 1968–1990 7. Who Decides? 1990–2002 Appendix 1. “The Founding Myth” by E. H. Outerbridge Appendix 2. USNLTA Original Constitution and Bylaws Appendix 3. The ATA and Holcombe Ward, 1947 Appendix 4. Membership Statistics, 1958–1992 Appendix 5. USTA Senior Staff List, 1916 to Present Notes Research Guide Bibliography Index
