Making the American Team
Subtitle: Sport, Culture, and the Olympic Experience (Sport and Society)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: December 1, 1997
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780252066542
Subjects: American history; Sports & Recreation; Sports; The Americas; History; Olympics; United States - General; Sports & Recreation / General; Sports Psychology; Nationalism and sports; Political aspects; Social aspects; United States
First sentence: Between the centennial celebration of their nation's founding and the end of World War I, Americans used sport to debate the meaning of their republic.