| City Games: The Evolution of American Urban Society and the Rise of Sports Contributor(s): Riess, Steven A. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0252062167 ISBN-13: 9780252062162 Publisher: University of Illinois Press OUR PRICE: $27.72 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 1991 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Sports & Recreation | History - Sports & Recreation | Sociology Of Sports |
| Dewey: 796.097 |
| Series: Sport and Society |
| Physical Information: 1.1" H x 1.5" W x 2.7" (0.95 lbs) 368 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Comprehensive 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. |