Encyclopedia of Sports in America - A History from Foot Races to Extreme Sports

Klappentext This engaging reference traces the fascinating and often tumultuous growth of sports in America--how the icons, the commercial enterprises, the sporting events, and even fan culture have changed from decade to decade and era to era. Zusammenfassung Explores the development and influence of sports in American culture, as well as how sports icons, commercial enterprises, organizations, sporting events, and even fan culture have changed, from the foot races of colonial times to the extreme sports.

Product details

• Authors: Murry R. (EDT) Nelson
• Assisted by: Murry R. Nelson (Editor), Nelson Murry R. (Editor)
• Publisher: Greenwood Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.12.2008
• EAN: 9780313347900
• ISBN: 978-0-313-34790-0
• No. of pages: 573
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 260 mm x 45 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Dictionaries, encyclopaedias; SPORTS & RECREATION / General, American History, REFERENCE / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, Sports & outdoor recreation, Sport: general, Social and cultural history, Encyclopaedias and reference works, Encyclopaedias & Reference Works