The American Dream and the National Game
Title | The American Dream and the National Game PDF eBook |
Author | Leverett T. Smith (Jr.) |
Publisher | Popular Press |
Pages | 302 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 9780879728670 |
This engaging study examines sports as both a symbol of American culture and a formative force that shapes American values. Leverett T. Smith Jr. uses "high" culture, in the form of literature and criticism, to analyze the popular culture of baseball and professional football. He explores the history of baseball through three important events: the fixing of the 1919 World Series, the appointment of Judge Landis as commissioner of baseball with dictatorial powers, and the emergence of Babe Ruth as the "new" kind of ball player. He also looks at literary works dealing with leisure and sports, including those of Thoreau, Twain, Frost, Lardner, and Hemingway. Finally he documents the emergence of professional football as the national game through the history and writings of former Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, who emerges as both a critic of the business-oriented society and a canny businessman and manager of men himself. First paperback edition
The American Dream and the National Game
Title | The American Dream and the National Game PDF eBook |
Author | Leverett T. Smith (Jr.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1038 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Sports |
ISBN |
The American Dream and the National Game
Title | The American Dream and the National Game PDF eBook |
Author | Leverett T. Smith (Jr.) |
Publisher | |
Pages | 1038 |
Release | 1970 |
Genre | Sports |
ISBN |
The American Dream and the National Game
Title | The American Dream and the National Game PDF eBook |
Author | Leverett T. Smith |
Publisher | Popular Press |
Pages | 312 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN |
Baseball and the American Dream
Title | Baseball and the American Dream PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Elias |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 373 |
Release | 2016-04-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317325176 |
A fascinating look at how America's favorite sport has both reflected and shaped social, economic, and
Sugarball
Title | Sugarball PDF eBook |
Author | Alan M. Klein |
Publisher | Yale University Press |
Pages | 204 |
Release | 1993-02-01 |
Genre | Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | 9780300052565 |
Describes how Dominican baseball fosters national pride and competition with the United States while at the same time promoting acceptance of the North American presence in the country
Baseball and the American Dream
Title | Baseball and the American Dream PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Elias |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 327 |
Release | 2016-04-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1317325184 |
A fascinating look at how America's favorite sport has both reflected and shaped social, economic, and