Elliott J. Gorn and Warren Goldstein show us where our games and pastimes came from, how they developed, and what they have meant to Americans. The great heroes of baseball and football are here, as well as the dramatic moments of boxing and basketball. Beyond this, the authors show us how sports fit into the larger contours of our past. A Brief History of American Sports reveals that from colonial times to the present, sports have been central to American culture, and a profound expression of who we are.
- ISBN10 0252071840
- ISBN13 9780252071843
- Publish Date 16 February 2004
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 November 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint University of Illinois Press
- Format Paperback
- Pages 304
- Language English