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More Than Just a Game: Sports in American Life Since 1945 - Columbia Histories of Modern American Life Kathryn Jay
More Than Just a Game: Sports in American Life Since 1945 - Columbia Histories of Modern American Life
Kathryn Jay
This book examines major sports, both professional and intercollegiate, from baseball, football, and basketball to golf, tennis, stock car racing, and extreme sports, to explain how sports became a multibillion-dollar industry as well as a major influence on and reflection of American society. Jay also shows how sports have helped shape racial, gender, national, and class identities.
304 pages, 25 illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | April 18, 2006 |
| ISBN13 | 9780231125352 |
| Publishers | Columbia University Press |
| Pages | 304 |
| Dimensions | 181 × 223 × 18 mm · 412 g |