Idols of the game
Subtitle: a sporting history of the American century
By: by Robert Lipsyte and Peter Levine.
Contributors: Levine, Peter.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Turner Pub.; Distributed by Andrews and McMeel
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Atlanta; Kansas City, Mo
Language: eng
Number of pages: 368
Subjects: Athletes -- United States -- Biography; Sports -- United States -- Sociological aspects
Description: A social history of American sport, told through profiles of sixteen of the twentieth century's most famous athletes, studying the increasing trend toward commercialism in sports, and looking at the changing attitudes toward African-Americans, women, and other minorities.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 353-365) and  index.