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Columbia Histories of Modern American Life
More Than Just a Game: Sports in American Life Since 1945
More Than Just a Game tracks the explosion of the sports industry in the United States since 1945 and how it has shaped class, racial, gender, and national identities. By examining both professional and intercollegiate sports such as baseball, football, basketball, golf, tennis, and stock car racing, Kathryn Jay looks at the impact of packaging, salary, hype, corporate sponsorship, drug use, and the presence of women and African American players. Jay also considers the persistent belief that sports encourage good citizenship and morality despite a rise in cheating and violent behavior and an unabashed emphasis on financial gain. More Than Just a Game is a fascinating exploration of a phenomenon that has engaged the American imagination and thrilled fans for decades.
287 pages, Paperback
First published May 12, 2004
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September 15, 2015
Full of wonderful tidbits and sports factoids. I would recommend it for any sports enthusiast. However, with that said, I’m finding the reading and layout very disjointed. The author bounces around between milestones, dates, disciplines and athletes without pulling it all together with a premise, hypothesis, or commentary. I’m hoping it gets better because the content is amazing but, I liken it to more of a book of stats than a text on sports in American Life since 1945.
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