Sports and Freedom
The Rise of Big-Time College Athletics
Perhaps more than any other two colleges, Harvard and Yale gave form to American intercollegiate athletics--a form that was inspired by the Oxford-Cambridge rivalry overseas, and that was imitated by colleges and universities throughout the United States. Focusing on the influence of these prestigious eastern institutions, this fascinating study traces the origins and development of intercollegiate athletics in America from the mid-nineteenth century to the early twentieth century. Smith begins with an historical overview of intercollegiate athletics and details the evolution of individual sports--crew, baseball, track and field, and especia…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-19-536218-3
- EAN: 9780195362183
- Produktnummer: 13904141
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1990
- Plattform: PDF
- Masse: 22'908 KB
- Abbildungen: 22 halftones
Über den Autor
Ronald A. Smith is Professor Emeritus of Exercise and Sport Science at Pennsylvania State University. He has written, edited, or collaborated on several books on sport history, among them American Baseball, Big-Time Football at Harvard, 1905, and Saga of American Sport.
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