Pope, Steven W. (1997) Patriotic games: sporting traditions in the American imagination, 1876-1926. Sports and history . Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780195091335
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Abstract
In Patriotic Games, historian Stephen Pope explores the ways sport was transformed from a mere amusement into a metaphor for American life. Between the 1890s and the 1920s, sport became the most pervasive popular cultural activity in American society. Pope demonstrates how America's sporting tradition emerged from a society fractured along class, race, ethnic, and gender lines. In a time of social tensions, economic downturns, and unprecendented immigration, the rituals and enthusiasms of sport, Pope argues, became a central component in the shaping of America's national identity.
| Item Type: | Book |
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| Additional Information: | In Patriotic Games, historian Stephen Pope explores the ways sport was transformed from a mere amusement into a metaphor for American life. Between the 1890s and the 1920s, sport became the most pervasive popular cultural activity in American society. Pope demonstrates how America's sporting tradition emerged from a society fractured along class, race, ethnic, and gender lines. In a time of social tensions, economic downturns, and unprecendented immigration, the rituals and enthusiasms of sport, Pope argues, became a central component in the shaping of America's national identity. |
| Keywords: | sport, History of sport, United States of America, Patriotism, Identity |
| Subjects: | V Historical and Philosophical studies > V230 American History V Historical and Philosophical studies > V320 Social History V Historical and Philosophical studies > V390 History by Topic not elsewhere classified |
| Divisions: | College of Arts > Faculty of Media, Humanities & Performance > Lincoln School of Humanities |
| Depositing User: | Jill Partridge |
| Date Deposited: | 14 May 2007 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Jul 2011 16:12 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lincoln.ac.uk/id/eprint/685 |
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