Making The American Team
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Making The American Team
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Author : Mark Dyreson
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2024-04-22
Making The American Team written by Mark Dyreson and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-04-22 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Sport dominates television and the mass media. Politics and business are a-bustle with sports metaphors. Endorsements by athletes sell us products. "Home run," "slam dunk," and the rest of the vocabulary of sport color daily conversation. Even in times of crisis and emergency, the media reports the scores and highlights. Marky Dyreson delves into how our obsession with sport came into being with a close look at coverage of the Olympic Games between 1896 and 1912. How people reported and consumed information on the Olympics offers insight into how sport entered the heart of American culture as part of an impetus for social reform. Political leaders came to believe in the power of sport to revitalize the "republican experiment." Sport could instill a new sense of national identity that would forge a new sense of community and a healthy political order while at the same time linking America's intellectual and power elite with the experiences of the masses.
Making The American Team
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Author : Mark Dyreson
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 1998
Making The American Team written by Mark Dyreson and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Business & Economics categories.
One day in front of the television would convince any alien that the entirety of American culture is built around sports. Politics and business are abustle with sports metaphors and endorsements by athletes. "Home runs," "bottom of the ninth," "fourth and ten," "slam dunk," and similar phrases litter the daily vocabulary. No matter how dire the news, sports will be reported as usual. How did this single-minded fascination come to be? Mark Dyreson locates the invasion of sport at the heart of American culture at the turn of the century. It was then that social reformers and political leaders believed that sport could revitalize the "republican experiment," that a new sense of national identity could forge a new sense of community and a healthy political order as it would serve to link America's thinking classes with the experiences of the masses. Nowhere was this better exemplified than in American accounts of the Olympic Games held between 1896 and 1912. In connecting sport to American history and culture, Dyreson has stepped up to the plate and hit one out of the park. A volume in the series Sport and Society, edited by Benjamin G. Rader and Randy Roberts
The Irish And The Making Of American Sport 1835 1920
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Author : Patrick R. Redmond
language : en
Publisher: McFarland
Release Date : 2014-02-10
The Irish And The Making Of American Sport 1835 1920 written by Patrick R. Redmond and has been published by McFarland this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02-10 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Jerrold Casway coined the phrase "The Emerald Age of Baseball" to describe the 1890s, when so many Irish names dominated teams' rosters. But one can easily agree--and expand--that the period from the mid-1830s well into the first decade of the 20th century and assign the term to American sports in general. This book covers the Irish sportsman from the arrival of James "Deaf" Burke in 1836 through to Jack B. Kelly's rejection by Henley regatta and his subsequent gold medal at the 1920 Olympics. It avoids recounting the various victories and defeats of the Irish sportsman, seeking instead to deal with the complex interaction that he had with alcohol, gambling and Sunday leisure: pleasures that were banned in most of America at some time or other between 1836 and 1920. This book also covers the Irish sportsman's close relations with politicians, his role in labor relations, his violent lifestyle--and by contrast--his participation in bringing respectability to sport. It also deals with native Irish sports in America, the part played by the Irish in "Team USA's" initial international sporting ventures, and in the making and breaking of amateurism within sport.
American Sport In International History
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Author : Daniel M. DuBois
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2022-12-15
American Sport In International History written by Daniel M. DuBois and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-12-15 with History categories.
This book explores how American sports, especially basketball, baseball and American football, have projected the US into the world, and brought the world into America. Taking a chronological approach it traces the development of American sports from the turn of the 20th century, highlighting how international forces such as immigration, geopolitics and war have influenced the trajectory of sport in the US, and thus the American experience. DuBois also considers the globalization of American sport and how this soft power shaped international relations throughout the American century. Addressing key questions about the role of sport in the rise of the United States, it frames themes that have come to define sports history; gender, race, economics and politics. It argues that while sport has not necessarily been a catalyst for change, it has often mirrored social issues, and sometimes served as an important tool of progress. Synthesizing major works alongside primary sources, the chapters study boxing, hockey, track and field and soccer alongside the 'big three' (basketball, baseball and American football) through a number of case studies to offer a novel interpretation of American sport history. Spanning early Native American sport, the export of baseball in the American empire, the role of basketball in the Cold War, the influence of immigrants and women in sports, and modern day sport culture, American Sport in International History asks what the role of sport has been and will be in a shifting international environment.
The Routledge History Of American Sport
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Author : Linda J. Borish
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2016-10-04
The Routledge History Of American Sport written by Linda J. Borish and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-10-04 with History categories.
The Routledge History of American Sport provides the first comprehensive overview of historical research in American sport from the early Colonial period to the present day. Considering sport through innovative themes and topics such as the business of sport, material culture and sport, the political uses of sport, and gender and sport, this text offers an interdisciplinary analysis of American leisure. Rather than moving chronologically through American history or considering the historical origins of each sport, these topics are dealt with organically within thematic chapters, emphasizing the influence of sport on American society. The volume is divided into eight thematic sections that include detailed original essays on particular facets of each theme. Focusing on how sport has influenced the history of women, minorities, politics, the media, and culture, these thematic chapters survey the major areas of debate and discussion. The volume offers a comprehensive view of the history of sport in America, pushing the field to consider new themes and approaches as well. Including a roster of contributors renowned in their fields of expertise, this ground-breaking collection is essential reading for all those interested in the history of American sport.
Americans In A World At War
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Author : Brooke L. Blower
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2023
Americans In A World At War written by Brooke L. Blower and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"On February 21, 1943, Pan American Airways' celebrated seaplane, the Yankee Clipper, took off from New York's Marine Air Terminal and island-hopped its way across the Atlantic Ocean. Arriving at Lisbon the following evening, it crashed in the Tagus River, killing twenty-four of its thirty-nine passengers and crew. Americans in a World at War traces the backstories of seven worldly Americans aboard that plane, their personal histories, their politics, and the paths that led them toward war. Combat soldiers made up only a small fraction of the millions of Americans, both in and out of uniform, who scattered across six continents during the Second World War. This book uncovers a surprising history of American noncombatants abroad in the years leading into the twentieth century's most consequential conflict. Long before GIs began storming beaches and liberating towns, Americans had forged extensive political, economic, and personal ties to other parts of the world. These deep and sometimes contradictory engagements, which preceded the bombing of Pearl Harbor, would shape and in turn be transformed by the US war effort. As the Yankee Clipper's passengers' travels take them from Ukraine, France, Spain, Panama, Cuba, and the Philippines to Java, India, Australia, Britain, Egypt, the Soviet Union, and the Belgian Congo, among other hot spots, their movements defy simple boundaries between home front and war front and upend conventional American narratives about World War II"--
Organizational Behaviour A Modern Approach
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Author : Kumar Arun & Meenakshi N.
language : en
Publisher: Vikas Publishing House
Release Date : 2009-11-01
Organizational Behaviour A Modern Approach written by Kumar Arun & Meenakshi N. and has been published by Vikas Publishing House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-11-01 with Business & Economics categories.
Organizational Behaviour As A Management Discipline Is A Fascinating Subject And Is Becoming Increasingly Important As People With Diverse Backgrounds And Cultural Values Have To Work Together Effectively And Efficiently. This Book Addresses All The Issues That Come In To Play In An Organization In Today S Global Economy. It Has A Novel Orientation And Its Primary Aim Is To Let Practitioners And Students Know The Latest And Best Trends In Organizational Behaviour. This Book Prescribes Methods To Manage Employees And Suggests That The Management Takes Responsibility For Everything That Might Adversely Affect An Employee S Capacity To Work Creatively And Intelligently, Irrespective Of The Place Inside The Organization Or Outside It. The Focus Of The Book Is On Holistic Development Of The Individual. Peeping Into The Human Mind, It Shows How Organizations Can Tap The Passions And Fears Of Their Employees To Make Them More Creative And Productive. The Book Prescribes A Democratic And Inclusive Management Stye. A Special Feature Of This Book Is That There Is An Innovative Integration Of Chapter Objectives And Summaries Leading To Analysis Through Caselets. Every Point In The Objectives Has Corresponding Text And Is Supplemented By A Case. Going Through This Book Will Be A Personally Fulfilling Experience And Maybe It Succeeds To Make The Readers Better Human Beings, Better Teachers, Better Friends And May Be Even Better Managers.
Making Waves
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Author : Shirley Babashoff
language : en
Publisher: Santa Monica Press
Release Date : 2016-07-05
Making Waves written by Shirley Babashoff and has been published by Santa Monica Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-07-05 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In her extraordinary swimming career, Shirley Babashoff set thirty-nine national records and eleven world records. Prior to the 1990s, she was the most successful U.S. female Olympian and, in her prime, was widely considered to be the greatest female swimmer in the world. Heading into the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Babashoff was pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated and followed closely by the media. Hopes were high that she would become “the female Mark Spitz.” All of that changed once Babashoff questioned the shocking masculinity of the swimmers on the East German women’s team. Once celebrated as America’s golden girl, Babashoff was accused of poor sportsmanship and vilified by the press with a new nickname: “Surly Shirley.” Making Waves displays the remarkable strength and resilience that made Babashoff such a dynamic champion. From her difficult childhood and beginnings as a determined young athlete growing up in Southern California in the 1960s, through her triumphs as the greatest female amateur swimmer in the world, Babashoff tells her story in the same unflinching manner that made her both the most dominant female swimmer of her time and one of the most controversial athletes in Olympic history.
The Rod And Gun And American Sportsman
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1873
The Rod And Gun And American Sportsman written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1873 with categories.
Lacrosse
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Author : Bob Scott
language : en
Publisher: JHU Press
Release Date : 1976
Lacrosse written by Bob Scott and has been published by JHU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1976 with History categories.
The director of athletics at Johns Hopkins University traces the history of lacrosse and offers detailed explanations of the sport's techniques and strategies, presenting line drawings and action photographs to illustrate aspects of play.