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Sports A Reference Guide and Critical Commentary, 1980-1999
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Donald L. Deardorff
Book Code: GR0445
ISBN: 0-313-30445-9
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-30445-3
376 pages
Greenwood Press
Publication: 9/30/2000
List Price: $119.95 (UK Sterling Price: £70.00)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects:
Series Title: American Popular Culture
Reviews:
  • It cites excellent sources to expand research and educates about how sports affect many aspects of our lives. Recommended for large public and academic libraries.
    —Choice
  • An especially strong and valuable contribution....It covers an area in which many academic libraries, in particular, do not have strong collections of. It is particular value in terms of developing collections as well as in helping students who are doing papers to locate appropriate sources....Dearorff has done an outstanding job.
    —ARBA
Description: This guide to the available literature on sports in American culture during the last two decades of the 20th century is a companion to Jack Higg's Sports: A Reference Guide (Greenwood, 1982). The types of individual or team sports included in this volume include those that are viewed as physical contests engaged in for physical, emotional, spiritual, or psychological fulfillment. With a focus on books alone, chapters review the available literature regarding sports and each concludes with a bibliography. Academic journals likely to contain articles on the topics discussed are listed at the end of each chapter. Twelve chapters discuss sports and American history, business and law, education, ethnicity and race, gender, literature, philosophy and religion, popular culture, psychology, science and technology, sociology and world history. This reference and guide to further research will appeal to scholars of popular culture and sports. An index and two appendixes are included, one listing important dates in American sports from 1980 through 2000 and one listing sports halls of fame, museums, periodicals, and websites.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Introduction
  • Sport and American History
  • Sport: Business and Law
  • Sport and Education
  • Sport: Ethnicity and Race
  • Sport and Gender
  • Sport and Literature
  • Sport: Philosophy and Religion
  • Sport and Popular Culture
  • Sport Psychology
  • Sport: Science and Technology
  • Sport and Sociology
  • Sport and World History
  • Appendix I Important Dates in American Sports: 1980-2000
  • Appendix II Halls of Fame, Libraries, Museums, Periodicals, and Web Sites
  • Index
LC Card Number: 00-020466
LCC Class: GV704
Dewey Class: 796
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