The Irish and the making of American sport, 1835-1920
By: Patrick R. Redmond
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers; McFarland & Company; McFarland
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Jefferson, North Carolina
Language: eng
Number of pages: 468
ISBN-13: 9780786475537
Subjects: Irish Americans; Sports; History; Social conditions; Social life and customs
Description: "Covers the Irish sportsman's close relations with politicians, his role in labor relations, his violent lifestyle yet 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. "--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-450) and index.