Sports in North America
Subtitle: a documentary history
By: edited by Thomas L. Altherr.
Contributors: Altherr, Thomas L.; Menna, Larry K.; Kirsch, George B.; Gems, Gerald R.; Riess, Steven A.; Baldwin, Douglas Owen.
Publisher: Academic International Press
Published: 1992
Place of publication: Gulf Breeze, FL
Language: eng
Number of pages: 10
Subjects: Sports -- North America -- History.; Sports -- United States -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Vol. 2 edited by Larry K. Menna; vols. 3-4 edited by George B. Kirsch; v. 5 edited by Gerald R. Gems; v. 6 edited by Steven A. Riess; v. 8 edited by Douglas Owen Baldwin; v. 10 edited byJoel S. Franks.
Table of contents: title: v. 1., pt. 1. Sports in the colonial era, 1618-1783; title: v. 1., pt. 2. Sports in the new republic, 1784-1820; title: v. 2. The origins of modern sports, 1820-1840; title: v. 3. The rise of modern sports, 1840-1860; title: v. 4. Sports in war, revival and expansion, 1860-1880; title: v. 5. Sports organized, 1880-1900; title: v. 6. Sports in the progressive era, 1900-1920; title: v. 8. Sports in the Depression, 1930-1940; title: v. 10. Sports, prosperity, conformity, cultural stirrings, 1950-1960