Powerful Moments in Sports The Most Significant Sporting Events in American History

This book features twenty events that had profound social, political, and cultural importance and inspired athletes and spectators alike. It examines how a particular moment in sports history revolutionized a sport, how a contest of speed inspired a nation, or even how a humble victory affected the world.

Info autore

Martin Gitlin is a former newspaper journalist who won more than 45 awards, including first place for general excellence from Associated Press. That organization selected him as one of the top four feature writers in Ohio. He has had more than 200 books published, most of them educational, including many in the realm of twentieth-century American history.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Martin Gitlin, Gitlin Martin
• Editore: Rowman and Littlefield
• Lingue: Inglese
• Contenuto: Libro
• Forma del prodotto: Tascabile
• Data pubblicazione: 02.04.2024
• Categoria: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Storia > Storia dei paesi e delle regioni; Guide e manuali > Sport > Tematiche generali, enciclopedie, manuali, annuari; Saggistica > Storia > Altro
• EAN: 9781538192535
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9253-5
• Numero di pagine: 304
• Categorie: USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / United States / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / History, Sociology: sport & leisure, history of sport, Sociology: sport and leisure, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects