Patriotic games
Subtitle: sporting traditions in the American imagination, 1876-1926
By: S.W. Pope.
Series: Sport and popular culture
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781572334984
Subjects: Nationalism and sports -- United States -- History -- 19th century; Nationalism and sports -- United States -- History -- 20th century; Sports -- United States -- Sociological aspects -- History -- 19th century; Sports -- United States -- Sociological aspects -- History -- 20th century
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Americanizing sport for a national culture. Sport and American identity. Two amateurism : the invention of an American tradition; title: Inventing athletic prowess and benevolence. Three olympic spectacles and the redemption of the American ethos. "The national pastime" : baseball, professionalism, and nostalgia; title: Holidays, patriotism, and sport. Thanksgiving football and national glory rituals. Fourth of July sporting celebrations; title: War games and national vitality. Sport, fitness, and national preparedness. The World War I American military sporting experience.