The Sporting World of Modern South (Sport and Society)
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: March 14, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780252027185
Subjects: Encyclopaedias & Reference Works; Leisure; Social history; Sports & Outdoor Recreation; Sociology Of Sports; Sports (General); Sports & Recreation; Pop Arts / Pop Culture; Sports; History; Popular Culture - General; Sports & Recreation / History; Social aspects; Southern States
First sentence: When Huey P. Long endeavored to render the image of Louisiana more prominent in the consciousness of the nation and at the same time place his own stamp on the state university three-quarters of a century ago, he looked to the football field.