Sports in American History: From Colonization to Globalization, Third
Edition With HKPropel Access, helps students grasp the compelling
evolution of American sporting practices. This text examines sports
history as a social and cultural phenomenon, generates a better
understanding of current practices in sport, and considers future
developments in American sport.
This comprehensive resource explores sport through various historical
periods--including premodern America, colonial times, and the modern
era. Sports in American History, Third Edition, features critical new
content that will provide a framework for understanding how and why
sport intersects with many facets of American society:
- Examination of how women, racial minorities, and ethnic and religious
groups have influenced U.S. sporting culture
- Highlights of contemporary issues affecting sport in the twenty-first
century, including the Covid-19 pandemic; social justice movements;
changes in name, image, and likeness policy; and sports technology
- Reorganized content about sporting experiences in early America that
highlight the most influential moments
- Updated People and Places features and International Perspective
sidebars that introduce key figures in sports history to provide a
global understanding of sport
- Full-length articles from the scholarly journal Sport History
Review, delivered online through HKPropel, that supplement the
article excerpts and associated discussion questions found in the text
Sports in American History, Third Edition, is unique in its level of
detail, broad time frame, and focus on the evolving definitions of
physical activity and games. Primary documents--including newspaper
excerpts, illustrations, photographs, historical writings, quotations,
and posters--provide firsthand accounts that will not only inform and
fascinate students but also provide a well-rounded perspective on the
historical development of American sport. Time lines of major milestones
in sport and society provide context in each chapter, and an extensive
bibliography features primary and secondary sources in American sports
history.
A starting point into the intriguing field of sports history, this book
will help students better understand the complexities of sport in the
American experience and grasp how cultural factors and historical events
have shaped sport differently in the United States than in other parts
of the world.
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