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American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of the Internet
Paperback
19th Century United States History20th Century United States History
ISBN13: 9781032347745
Publisher: Routledge
Published: Apr 14 2026
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.70
Height: 0.91 Width: 7.00 Depth: 10.00
Language: English
American Sports, now in its 9th edition, is a comprehensive, analytical introduction to the history of American sports from the precolonial era to the present.
Concise, thought-provoking chapters outline the complex relationships between sports and class, gender, race, religion, sexuality, and region in the United States,
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