Displaying 1 of 1 2008 Format: Book Author: Zirin, Dave. Title: A people's history of sports in the United States : 250 years of politics, protest, people, and play / Dave Zirin. Publisher, Date: New York : New Press : Distributed by W.W. Norton & Co., 2008. Description: xvii, 302 pages ; 24 cm. Summary: Offers a riotously entertaining chronicle of larger-than-life sporting characters and dramatic contests, sketching an alternative history of the United States as seen through the games its people played. --cover leaf. Series: The New Press people's history series New Press people's history. Subjects: Sports -- Political aspects -- United States -- History. Sports -- Social aspects -- United States -- History. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-292) and index. Contents: Until the twentieth century -- Rough riding -- Sports and leisure -- No depression -- War and its discontents -- Have we gone soft? -- Sports on the edge of panic -- The flood gates -- The 1980s : welcome to hell -- C.R.E.A.M. -- More of the same versus change. Web Site: Table of contents LCCN: 2008020420 ISBN: 9781595581006 1595581006 Other Number: 227328287 System Availability: 2 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 2 Control Number: 227898 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: 306.483 Zirin Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
