Making The American Team

Author : Mark Dyreson
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2024-04-22
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780252056895

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Making the American Team by Mark Dyreson Pdf

Sport dominates television and the mass media. Politics and business are a-bustle with sports metaphors. Endorsements by athletes sell us products. "Home run," "slam dunk," and the rest of the vocabulary of sport color daily conversation. Even in times of crisis and emergency, the media reports the scores and highlights. Marky Dyreson delves into how our obsession with sport came into being with a close look at coverage of the Olympic Games between 1896 and 1912. How people reported and consumed information on the Olympics offers insight into how sport entered the heart of American culture as part of an impetus for social reform. Political leaders came to believe in the power of sport to revitalize the "republican experiment." Sport could instill a new sense of national identity that would forge a new sense of community and a healthy political order while at the same time linking America's intellectual and power elite with the experiences of the masses.

Author : Mark Dyreson
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0252066545

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Making the American Team by Mark Dyreson Pdf

One day in front of the television would convince any alien that the entirety of American culture is built around sports. Politics and business are abustle with sports metaphors and endorsements by athletes. "Home runs," "bottom of the ninth," "fourth and ten," "slam dunk," and similar phrases litter the daily vocabulary. No matter how dire the news, sports will be reported as usual. How did this single-minded fascination come to be? Mark Dyreson locates the invasion of sport at the heart of American culture at the turn of the century. It was then that social reformers and political leaders believed that sport could revitalize the "republican experiment," that a new sense of national identity could forge a new sense of community and a healthy political order as it would serve to link America's thinking classes with the experiences of the masses. Nowhere was this better exemplified than in American accounts of the Olympic Games held between 1896 and 1912. In connecting sport to American history and culture, Dyreson has stepped up to the plate and hit one out of the park. A volume in the series Sport and Society, edited by Benjamin G. Rader and Randy Roberts

Author : Patrick R. Redmond
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 479 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-27
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9780786475537

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The Irish and the Making of American Sport, 1835-1920 by Patrick R. Redmond Pdf

Jerrold Casway coined the phrase "The Emerald Age of Baseball" to describe the 1890s, when so many Irish names dominated teams' rosters. But one can easily agree--and expand--that the period from the mid-1830s well into the first decade of the 20th century and assign the term to American sports in general. This book covers the Irish sportsman from the arrival of James "Deaf" Burke in 1836 through to Jack B. Kelly's rejection by Henley regatta and his subsequent gold medal at the 1920 Olympics. It avoids recounting the various victories and defeats of the Irish sportsman, seeking instead to deal with the complex interaction that he had with alcohol, gambling and Sunday leisure: pleasures that were banned in most of America at some time or other between 1836 and 1920. This book also covers the Irish sportsman's close relations with politicians, his role in labor relations, his violent lifestyle--and by contrast--his participation in bringing respectability to sport. It also deals with native Irish sports in America, the part played by the Irish in "Team USA's" initial international sporting ventures, and in the making and breaking of amateurism within sport.

Author : Daniel M. DuBois
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2022-12-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781350134737

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American Sport in International History by Daniel M. DuBois Pdf

This book explores how American sports, especially basketball, baseball and American football, have projected the US into the world, and brought the world into America. Taking a chronological approach it traces the development of American sports from the turn of the 20th century, highlighting how international forces such as immigration, geopolitics and war have influenced the trajectory of sport in the US, and thus the American experience. DuBois also considers the globalization of American sport and how this soft power shaped international relations throughout the American century. Addressing key questions about the role of sport in the rise of the United States, it frames themes that have come to define sports history; gender, race, economics and politics. It argues that while sport has not necessarily been a catalyst for change, it has often mirrored social issues, and sometimes served as an important tool of progress. Synthesizing major works alongside primary sources, the chapters study boxing, hockey, track and field and soccer alongside the 'big three' (basketball, baseball and American football) through a number of case studies to offer a novel interpretation of American sport history. Spanning early Native American sport, the export of baseball in the American empire, the role of basketball in the Cold War, the influence of immigrants and women in sports, and modern day sport culture, American Sport in International History asks what the role of sport has been and will be in a shifting international environment.

Author : Linda J. Borish,David K. Wiggins,Gerald R. Gems
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317662495

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The Routledge History of American Sport by Linda J. Borish,David K. Wiggins,Gerald R. Gems Pdf

The Routledge History of American Sport provides the first comprehensive overview of historical research in American sport from the early Colonial period to the present day. Considering sport through innovative themes and topics such as the business of sport, material culture and sport, the political uses of sport, and gender and sport, this text offers an interdisciplinary analysis of American leisure. Rather than moving chronologically through American history or considering the historical origins of each sport, these topics are dealt with organically within thematic chapters, emphasizing the influence of sport on American society. The volume is divided into eight thematic sections that include detailed original essays on particular facets of each theme. Focusing on how sport has influenced the history of women, minorities, politics, the media, and culture, these thematic chapters survey the major areas of debate and discussion. The volume offers a comprehensive view of the history of sport in America, pushing the field to consider new themes and approaches as well. Including a roster of contributors renowned in their fields of expertise, this ground-breaking collection is essential reading for all those interested in the history of American sport.

Author : Brooke L. Blower
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 561 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780199322008

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Americans in a World at War by Brooke L. Blower Pdf

"On February 21, 1943, Pan American Airways' celebrated seaplane, the Yankee Clipper, took off from New York's Marine Air Terminal and island-hopped its way across the Atlantic Ocean. Arriving at Lisbon the following evening, it crashed in the Tagus River, killing twenty-four of its thirty-nine passengers and crew. Americans in a World at War traces the backstories of seven worldly Americans aboard that plane, their personal histories, their politics, and the paths that led them toward war. Combat soldiers made up only a small fraction of the millions of Americans, both in and out of uniform, who scattered across six continents during the Second World War. This book uncovers a surprising history of American noncombatants abroad in the years leading into the twentieth century's most consequential conflict. Long before GIs began storming beaches and liberating towns, Americans had forged extensive political, economic, and personal ties to other parts of the world. These deep and sometimes contradictory engagements, which preceded the bombing of Pearl Harbor, would shape and in turn be transformed by the US war effort. As the Yankee Clipper's passengers' travels take them from Ukraine, France, Spain, Panama, Cuba, and the Philippines to Java, India, Australia, Britain, Egypt, the Soviet Union, and the Belgian Congo, among other hot spots, their movements defy simple boundaries between home front and war front and upend conventional American narratives about World War II"--

Author : William Morgan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2006-08-21
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134246786

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Why Sports Morally Matter by William Morgan Pdf

When we accept that advertisers and sponsors dictate athletic schedules, that success in sport is measured by revenue, that athletes’ loyalties lie with their commercial agents instead of teams and that game rules exist to be tested and broken in the pursuit of a win, what does our regard for sport say about the moral and political well-being of our society? Why Sports Morally Matter is a deeply critical examination of pressing ethical issues in sports – and in society as a whole. Exploring the broad historical context of modern America, William J. Morgan argues that the current state of sports is a powerful indictment of our wealth-driven society and hyper-individualistic way of life. Taking on critics from all sides of the political debate, Morgan makes the case that, despite the negating effect of free market values, sport still possesses important features that encourage social, moral and political values crucial to the flourishing of a democratic polity. It is this potential to transform society and the individual that makes sport a key battleground in the struggle for the moral soul of twenty-first century America.

Author : Shirley Babashoff,Chris Epting
Publisher : Santa Monica Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-05
Category : Sports & Recreation
ISBN : 9781595808042

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Making Waves by Shirley Babashoff,Chris Epting Pdf

In her extraordinary swimming career, Shirley Babashoff set thirty-nine national records and eleven world records. Prior to the 1990s, she was the most successful U.S. female Olympian and, in her prime, was widely considered to be the greatest female swimmer in the world. Heading into the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Babashoff was pictured on the cover of Sports Illustrated and followed closely by the media. Hopes were high that she would become “the female Mark Spitz.” All of that changed once Babashoff questioned the shocking masculinity of the swimmers on the East German women’s team. Once celebrated as America’s golden girl, Babashoff was accused of poor sportsmanship and vilified by the press with a new nickname: “Surly Shirley.” Making Waves displays the remarkable strength and resilience that made Babashoff such a dynamic champion. From her difficult childhood and beginnings as a determined young athlete growing up in Southern California in the 1960s, through her triumphs as the greatest female amateur swimmer in the world, Babashoff tells her story in the same unflinching manner that made her both the most dominant female swimmer of her time and one of the most controversial athletes in Olympic history.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1274 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UIUC:30112082286417

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The Rod and Gun and American Sportsman by Anonim Pdf

Author : Bob Scott,Robert Scott
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : History
ISBN : 080182060X

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Lacrosse by Bob Scott,Robert Scott Pdf

The director of athletics at Johns Hopkins University traces the history of lacrosse and offers detailed explanations of the sport's techniques and strategies, presenting line drawings and action photographs to illustrate aspects of play.

Author : Jacques Ladouceur
Publisher : Jaacques ladouceur
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2007-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 141960645X

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Make Your Life Count by Jacques Ladouceur Pdf

This is my journey from growing up in a house with dirt floors with 13 people to playing Pro soccer at the highest level in the world. This book will change the way you view your life. It will help you to start living on purpose. You will be empowered to follow your dreams and encourage others. You'll discover that God created you for a very special purpose.

Author : United States. Congress Senate
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2138 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:35112104269818

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Hearings by United States. Congress Senate Pdf

Author : Rev. Dale John Arnold
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
Page : 161 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2022-09-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781638671367

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The Story and Confessions of My Life by Rev. Dale John Arnold Pdf

The Story and Confessions of My Life: What Is My Life? By: Rev. Dale John Arnold In the first part to The Story and Confessions of My Life, Rev. Dale John Arnold shares his first twenty-five years. Growing up in the 1980s, Rev. Arnold takes us along his journey from his first memories of school, both the exciting and the hardships; becoming a teenager and finding himself faced with the decision to follow Christ; and the challenges of being a young married adult with a growing family of six. Through humor and testimony to coming to Jesus, Rev. Arnold provides a detailed and eye-opening look into how an entire life can change by these first few but significant years.

Author : Lionel Laroche
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136385209

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Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Professions by Lionel Laroche Pdf

'Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Professions' provides managers of technical professionals with clear and tested strategies to improve communication and increase productivity among culturally diverse technical professionals, teams, and departments. Dr. Laroche outlines the differences in education and training, career expectations, communication styles, and management expectations in countries around the world. He explains cross-cultural concepts and presents his case for the importance of cross-cultural competence supported by hard data, including charts, tables, and readily accessible schematics. You'll benefit from the author's experience and expertise as a manager and consultant in this area, illustrated by numerous anecdotes, critical incidents, and mini case studies, centered around two central themes: * Most technical professionals do not recognize the impact of cultural differences in their work * Cross-cultural issues lead to a significant under-utilization of talent and affect productivity negatively 'Managing Cultural Diversity in Technical Professions' offers proven tactics for improving your personal effectiveness and the efficiency of your multicultural teams, breaking the communication barrier in the multicultural workplace.

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1955
Category : Electronic
ISBN : STANFORD:36105045603185

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Military Procurement -- 1955, Hearings Before a Subcommittee of ... 84-1 on ... April 20, 21, 22, 25; May 4 and 5, 1955 by United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Small Business Pdf