Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920
Riess, Steven A. (Northeastern Illinois University Chicago)![Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/141/14143177/CHSBZCOP0314143177.jpg)
Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920 presents the second edition of Stephen A. Riess's highly acclaimed study of the development of sports during one of the most transformational times in American history. Incorporating a wealth of updated material, Riess explores how American sport blossomed in the late nineteenth century. The widespread acceptance by the middle class of a positive sports creed justified sport as promoting health, morality,...