The Games That Rate: The Most Awe-Inspiring Events in Team Sports, WWII to MM
ISBN: 9780759626911 / Angielski / Miękka / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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94,94 zł |
Playing the Field: Why Sports Teams Move and Cities Fight to Keep Them
ISBN: 9780801849732 / Angielski / Miękka / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Can a sports franchise -blackmail- a city into getting what it wants--a new stadium, say, or favorable leasing terms--by threatening to relocate? In 1982, the owners of the Chicago White Sox pledged to keep the team in Chicago if the city approved a $5-million tax-exempt bond to finance construction of luxury suites at Comiskey Park. The city council approved it. A few years later, when Comiskey Park was in need of renovation, the owners threatened to move the team to Florida unless a new stadium was built. A site was chosen near the old stadium, property condemned, residents evicted, and... Can a sports franchise -blackmail- a city into getting what it wants--a new stadium, say, or favorable leasing terms--by threatening to relocate? I... |
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106,26 zł |
The Struggle for Canadian Sport
ISBN: 9780802076649 / Angielski / Miękka / 323 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Canadian sports were turned on their head during the years between the world wars. The middle-class amateur men's organizations which dominated Canadian sports since the mid-nineteenth century steadily lost ground, swamped by the rise of consumer culture and badly battered and split by the depression. In The Struggle for Canadian Sport Bruce Kidd illuminates the complex and fractious process that produced the familiar contours of Canadian sport today -- the hegemony of continental cartels like the NHL, the enormous ideological power of the media, the shadowed participation of... Canadian sports were turned on their head during the years between the world wars. The middle-class amateur men's organizations which dominated Can... |
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161,51 zł |
Blood, Sweat, and Cheers: Sport and the Making of Modern Canada
ISBN: 9780802082480 / Angielski / Miękka / 150 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Blood, Sweat, and Cheers looks at the contribution of sport to the making of the Canadian nation, focusing on the gradual transition from rural sporting practices to the emphasis on contemporary team sports that accompanied the industrial and urban transition. The book also analyzes sport's pre-eminent place in our contemporary consumer-oriented culture, and the sometimes ambivalent contribution of sport to a sense of Canadian identity. Intended as an introduction to the way in which social historians approach the history of sport, rather than as an exhaustive narrative of our... Blood, Sweat, and Cheers looks at the contribution of sport to the making of the Canadian nation, focusing on the gradual transition from rural spo... |
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136,23 zł |
Lords of the Rinks: The Emergence of the National Hockey League, 1875-1936
ISBN: 9780802085207 / Angielski / Miękka / 330 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. No sport is as important to Canadians as hockey. Though there may be a great many things that divide the country, the love of hockey is perhaps its single greatest unifier. Before the latest labour unrest in the National Hockey League (NHL), however, it was easy to forget that hockey is also a multi-million dollar business run, not by the athletes or coaches, but by corporate boards and businessmen. The Lords of the Rinks documents the early years of hockey's professionalization and commercialization and the emergence of a fledgling NHL, from 1875 to 1936. As the popularity of... No sport is as important to Canadians as hockey. Though there may be a great many things that divide the country, the love of hockey is perhaps its... |
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201,89 zł |
Native Athletes in Sport and Society: A Reader
ISBN: 9780803227538 / Angielski / Twarda / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Though many Americans might be aware of the Olympian and football Hall of Famer Jim Thorpe or of Navajo golfer Notah Begay, few know of the fundamental role that Native athletes have played in modern sports: introducing popular games and contests, excelling as players, and distinguishing themselves as coaches. The full breadth and richness of this tradition unfolds in Native Athletes in Sport and Society, which highlights the accomplishments of Indigenous athletes in the United States and Canada but also explores what these accomplishments have meant to Native American spectators and...
Though many Americans might be aware of the Olympian and football Hall of Famer Jim Thorpe or of Navajo golfer Notah Begay, few know of the fundamenta...
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272,56 zł |
Native Athletes in Sport and Society
ISBN: 9780803278288 / Angielski / Miękka / 266 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Though many Americans might be aware of the Olympian and football Hall of Famer Jim Thorpe or of Navajo golfer Notah Begay, few know of the fundamental role that Native athletes have played in modern sports: introducing popular games and contests, excelling as players, and distinguishing themselves as coaches. The full breadth and richness of this tradition unfolds in Native Athletes in Sport and Society, which highlights the accomplishments of Indigenous athletes in the United States and Canada but also explores what these accomplishments have meant to Native American spectators and citizens...
Though many Americans might be aware of the Olympian and football Hall of Famer Jim Thorpe or of Navajo golfer Notah Begay, few know of the fundamenta...
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115,17 zł |
They Cleared the Lane: The NBA's Black Pioneers
ISBN: 9780803294547 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Today, black players compose more than eighty percent of the National Basketball Association s rosters, providing a strong and valued contribution to professional basketball. In the first half of the twentieth century, however, pro basketball was taintedby racism, as gifted African Americans were denied the opportunity to display their talents.Through in-depth interviews with players, their families, coaches, teammates, and league officials, Ron Thomas tells the largely untold story of what basketball was really like for the first black NBA players, including recent Hall of Fame inductee Earl...
Today, black players compose more than eighty percent of the National Basketball Association s rosters, providing a strong and valued contribution to ...
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85,26 zł |
A Whole New Ball Game: An Interpretation of American Sports
ISBN: 9780807842201 / Angielski / Miękka / 243 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Sports in America, particularly big-time collegiate and professional sports, have never been more popular. Modern sports events bring us breathtaking demonstrations of grace and power and provide the focal point for the leisure time of hundreds of thousands of Americans. But the world of sports is also increasingly a scene of moral corruption and physical abuse. In A Whole New Ball Game, Allen Guttmann examines the American fascination with sport and what that fascination reveals about our culture.
Like the transformation of American society in the twentieth century, the... Sports in America, particularly big-time collegiate and professional sports, have never been more popular. Modern sports events bring us breathtaking ...
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228,85 zł |
Learning to Win: Sports, Education, and Social Change in Twentieth-Century North Carolina
ISBN: 9780807849347 / Angielski / Miękka / 392 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Over the past century, high school and college athletics have grown into one of America's most beloved--and most controversial--institutions, inspiring great loyalty while sparking fierce disputes.
In this richly detailed book, Pamela Grundy examines the many meanings that school sports took on in North Carolina, linking athletic programs at state universities, public high schools, women's colleges, and African American educational institutions to social and economic shifts that include the expansion of industry, the advent of woman suffrage, and the rise and fall of Jim Crow.... Over the past century, high school and college athletics have grown into one of America's most beloved--and most controversial--institutions, inspirin...
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228,85 zł |
Reflections on Leisure, Play, and Recreation
ISBN: 9780809321148 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In this rich and unique reference, David L. Jewell compiles the first anthology of reflections on leisure, play, and recreation. As he began to collect these considered opinions, Jewell was pleased to discover that many people from quite diverse backgrounds shared his belief in the redeeming value of leisure, play, and recreation. Jewell was less pleased, however, to note how often these judicious opinions have been ignored. Disproportionately high budget cuts in parks and recreation services demonstrate too clearly society s view of leisure activities as frivolous and expendable. By... In this rich and unique reference, David L. Jewell compiles the first anthology of reflections on leisure, play, and recreation. As he began to c... |
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159,13 zł |
Striking Back: The 1972 Munich Olympics Massacre and Israel's Deadly Response
ISBN: 9780812974638 / Angielski / Miękka / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. -This is a thriller, a page-turner, a probing look into the inner workings of the assassination squads that Israel mobilized after the Munich massacre.-
-David K. Shipler, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Arab and Jew -Gratitude is due to Mr. Klein for his painstaking . . . book, the best one could possibly hope for.- -Walter Lacquer, The Wall Street Journal Award-winning journalist Aaron J. Klein tells, for the first time, the complete story of the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre and the Israeli counterterrorism operation it spawned. With unprecedented access to... -This is a thriller, a page-turner, a probing look into the inner workings of the assassination squads that Israel mobilized after the Munich massacre...
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85,47 zł |
Before Big Blue
ISBN: 9780813119915 / Angielski / Twarda / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In the heart of the Bluegrass, basketball is king of collegiate athletics. But it wasn't always so. Before Big Blue chronicles the early history of organized sports at the University of Kentucky, from the tenuous beginnings under student leadership, through the early scandals, financial instability, and clashes with administration, to the Purge of 1938 that paved the way for basketball's ascendancy. Once upon a time in Lexington, football ruled the athletic department. In the 1890s and 1900s the most intense competition was with crosstown rival Transylvania University. The... In the heart of the Bluegrass, basketball is king of collegiate athletics. But it wasn't always so. Before Big Blue chronicles the early his... |
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161,51 zł |
Glory Bound: Black Athletes in a White America
ISBN: 9780815627340 / Angielski / Miękka / 324 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. African-American athletes have experienced a tumultuous relationship with mainstream white America. Glory Bound brings together 11 essays that explore this complex topic by sports studies scholar David K. Wiggins. In his writings, Wiggins recounts the struggle of black athletes to climb their own racial mountain - their struggle to fully participate in sport while maintaining their own cultural identity and pride.
African-American athletes have experienced a tumultuous relationship with mainstream white America. Glory Bound brings together 11 essays that explore...
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107,43 zł |
Playing Nice and Losing: The Struggle for Control of Women's Intercollegiate Athletics, 1960-2000
ISBN: 9780815630456 / Angielski / Twarda / 225 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. For nearly a century, women physical educators kept an iron-fist control of women's intercollegiate athletics within the sex-separate spheres of college campuses and under an educational model of competition. According to the author, Ying Wushanley, that control began to loosen significantly when Congress passed Title IX of the Education Amendments in 1972. Title IX meant greater opportunities for women in educational activities, including intercollegiate athletics, Ten years after the passage of the law, however, women not only gave up their educational model but also lost their power and...
For nearly a century, women physical educators kept an iron-fist control of women's intercollegiate athletics within the sex-separate spheres of colle...
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134,35 zł |
The New Cathedrals: Politics and Media in the History of Stadium Construction
ISBN: 9780815631323 / Angielski / Twarda / 373 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Stadium construction has altered the physical landscape of many major metropolitan areas throughout North America and has had a profound psychological and economic impact on these urban centers. How athletic facilities have been constructed, from the ritual-centered beginning of stadium construction in ancient Greece to largescale construction of professional sports facilities in present day global centers, reveals a culture's values and priorities and how it defines its recreational needs. With in-depth analysis and research, Robert C. Trumpbour examines the political institutions,...
Stadium construction has altered the physical landscape of many major metropolitan areas throughout North America and has had a profound psychological...
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215,41 zł |
Sports in America : 1920 to 1939
ISBN: 9780816052356 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This resource thoroughly documents this exciting period in history, when sports became more and more common. Organized by year, Sports in America: 1920 to 1939 covers every sport popular during this time, from swimming to college baseball.
This resource thoroughly documents this exciting period in history, when sports became more and more common. Organized by year, Sports in America: 192...
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159,13 zł |
Sports in America : 1950 to 1959
ISBN: 9780816052370 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Covers a crucial ten years in sports history in a concise, easy-to-use format. Organized by year, this reference documents key contributions, athletes, new records, and championships, among other things.
Covers a crucial ten years in sports history in a concise, easy-to-use format. Organized by year, this reference documents key contributions, athletes...
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159,13 zł |
Sports in America : 1960 to 1969
ISBN: 9780816052387 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This guide to sports in the 1960s discusses every sport being played during this time period, as well as the success stories and historical and cultural events behind them.
This guide to sports in the 1960s discusses every sport being played during this time period, as well as the success stories and historical and cultur...
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159,13 zł |
Sports in America : 1970 to 1979
ISBN: 9780816052394 / Angielski / Twarda / 96 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Examines an extensive range of sports while reflecting on the events of the time and their impact on athletics. Comprehensive and easy-to-use, this reference is organized by year with an introduction, a milestone feature, and five to eight pages covering each year.
Examines an extensive range of sports while reflecting on the events of the time and their impact on athletics. Comprehensive and easy-to-use, this re...
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159,13 zł |