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City Games: The Evolution of American Urban Society and the Rise of Sports
University of Illinois Press, 1989 Paper: 978-0-252-06216-2 | Cloth: 978-0-252-01573-1 Library of Congress Classification GV583.R54 1989 Dewey Decimal Classification 796.0973
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS
ABOUT THIS BOOK
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. See other books on: City and town life | Cultural & Social Aspects | Recreation | Sports | Working class See other titles from University of Illinois Press |
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City Games: The Evolution of American Urban Society and the Rise of Sports
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS
University of Illinois Press, 1989
Paper: 978-0-252-06216-2
Cloth: 978-0-252-01573-1
Paper: 978-0-252-06216-2
Cloth: 978-0-252-01573-1
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.
ABOUT THIS BOOK | AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY | REVIEWS
