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OverviewComprehensive and thoughtful, City Games looks at the complex interrelationship and interdependency between sport and the city. Steven A. Riess shows how demographic growth, evolving special arrangements, social reform, the formulation of class and ethnic subcultures, the expansion of urban government, and the rise of political machines and crime syndicates all interacted to influence the development of sports in the United States. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Steven A. RiessPublisher: University of Illinois Press Imprint: University of Illinois Press Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 22.90cm Weight: 0.594kg ISBN: 9780252062162ISBN 10: 0252062167 Pages: 368 Publication Date: 01 March 1991 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsRiess has dug deeply into the urban roots of our national obsession. City Games is valuable reading for anyone interested in America's cities or America's sports. -- Stephen Hardy, author of How Boston Played: Sport, Recreation, and Community Author InformationSteven A. Riess is a former professor of history at Northeastern Illinois University and former editor of the Journal of Sport History. He is the author of Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Eraand editor of The American Sporting Experience: A Historical Anthology of Sport in America. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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