Book reviews (1999)

Doris H. Pieroth, Their Day in the Sun: Women of the 1932 Olympics (Seattle, Washington: the University of Washington Press, 1996). Pp. xii + 184, photographs, notes, appendices, bibliography, index. $30.00 (cloth), $16.95 (paper). ISBN 0–295–97553–9; 0–295–97554–7. Sue Macy, Winning Ways: A Photohistory of American Women in Sports (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1996). Pp. 217, photographs, resources, index. $15.95 (cloth). ISBN 0–8050–4147–8. Victoria Sherrow, Encyclopedia of Women and Sports (Santa Barbara, CA: ABC‐Clio, 1996). Pp. xxii +382, photographs, bibliography, index. $60.00. ISBN 0–87436–826‐X. Joe Layden, Women in Sports: The Complete Book on the World's Greatest Female Athletes (Santa Monica, CA, 1997). Pp. 272, photographs, bibliography, index. $29.95. ISBN 1–57544–064–4. Carole A. Oglesby et al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Women and Sport in America (Phoenix, AZ: The Oryx Press, 1998). Pp. xxiii + 360, photographs, suggested readings, bibliography, index. $65.00. ISBN 0–89774–993–6. Lissa Smith (ed.), Nike is a Goddess: The History of Women in Sports (New York: Atlantic Monthly Press, 1998). Pp. xix + 331, photographs, notes. $24.00. ISBN 0–87113–726–7. Marc S. Maltby. The Origins and Early Development of Professional Football (New York: Garland Publishing, 1997). Pp. ix + 238, bibliography, index. $60.00. ISBN 0–8153–277–8. Keith McClellan. The Sunday Game: At the Dawn of Professional Football (Akron, OH: University of Akron Press, 1998). Pp. v + 503, 29 photographs, appendices, index. $19.95 (paper). ISBN 1–884836–36–4. Colin Jose, The American Soccer League 1921–1931: The Golden Years of American Soccer (Lanham, MD: The Scarecrow Press, 1998). Pp. 7 + 495, 23 photographs, index, 5 appendices, glossary. $70.00. ISBN 0–8108–3429–4. Andrew Podnieks, Shooting Stars: Photographs from the Portnoy Collection at the Hockey Hall of Fame (Buffalo, NY: Firefly Books, 1998). Pp.175, 81 photographs, index. $40.00. ISBN 0–55209–314‐X. Bruce Kidd, The Struggle for Canadian Sport (Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1996). Pp. x + 323, photographs, notes and index. $18.95. ISBN 0–8020–7664–5; 0–8020–0717–1. William A. Harper, How You Played the Game: The Life of Grantland Rice (Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 1999). Pp. xiv + 605, $29.95. ISBN 0–8262–1204–2. S. Linhart and S. Frühstück (eds.), The Culture of Japan as Seen through Its Leisure (New York: State University of New York Press, 1998). Pp. x + 397,12 photographs, index. $27.95. ISBN 0–7914–3792–2. Thomas A.P. van Leeuwen, The Springboard in the Pond: An Intimate History of the Swimming Pool (Cambridge, MA: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Press, 1999). Pp.vi + 321, bibliography, index. $40.00. ISBN 0–262–22059–8. Alison Futrell, Blood in the Arena: The Spectacle of Roman Power (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1997). Pp.xii + 338, illustrations, maps, notes, bibliography, index. $39.50. ISBN 0–292–72504–3. James Overmyer, Queen of the Negro Leagues, Effa Manley and the Newark Eagles (Lanham, MD and London: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1998). Pp. vii + 297, 16 photographs, bibliography and index. $16.95. ISBN 1–57886–001–6. Sue Davidson, Changing the Game: The Stories of Tennis Champions Alice Marble and Althea Gibson (Seattle, WA: Seal Press, 1997). Pp. x + 181, 8 photographs. $10.95 (paper). ISBN 878067–88–5. Sotiris G. Giatsis, The History of Sport and Games in the Greek World during the Greek Roman, Byzantine and Modern Times (Thessaloniki, Elimia Graphic Arts, 1998). Pp. 416, 60 photographs, bibliography and index. ISBN 960–90872–0‐5. N. N. Danielson, Hometeam: Professional Sports and the American Metropolis (Princeton, NY: Princeton University Press, 1997). $29.95. ISBN 0–691–03650–0. Genevieve Rail (ed.), Sport and Postmodern Times (Albany, NY: State University of New York Press, 1998). Pp. xxi + 399, index, bibliographical references. $21.95 (paper). ISBN 0–7914–3926–7.