Encyclopedia of Sports in America A History from Foot Races to Extreme Sports

Subjects:

• Popular Culture » Sports
• Popular Culture » Popular Culture (General)

Reviews:

• "Bottom Line: Written for general readers, this set could easily fill a niche in middle school and high school libraries, as well as public libraries, particularly where research on sports history is a popular topic. Nelson's work does not replace general sports encyclopedias, but it makes a nice complement to sports information collections. Recommended for middle school, high school, and public libraries; these libraries might also want a copy for their circulating collections.' "
  —Library Journal 3/15/2009
• "Nelson (emeritus, education and American studies, Pennsylvania State U.) and 19 contributors offer a variety of insights and perspectives on the function of sports in American history and how historical events affected sports. The two-volume reference begins with the America's colonial years and continues to the present, from horse racing to stock car racing
  and snowboarding. While the book contains a substantial amount of data, it is typically set in context of the society and culture of the period. For that reason, it also reflects the characteristics and nature of American society and its admirable and less than admirable traits. The book has a scholarly style, but is intended for the general reader."
  —Reference & Research Book News May 2009
• "This set provides an excellent overview of sports, with the major focus on the last century. . . . The text does a fine job of giving attention to each sport equal to the attention that sport received during a particular era. The book does a superb job on the role that sports play in American culture, and on the connection between sport and societal topics, e.g., ethnicity, race, media, law, politics, and scandals. . . . This encyclopedia is an exceptional resource for public and academic libraries."
  —CHOICE 7/1/2009
• "The editor and contributors offer a clear and useful overview of sports in American culture, aimed at general readers and students from high school through the lower-level undergraduate level. Recommended for public and school libraries."
  —Booklist 9/1/2009

Table of Contents:

• Volume One, Colonial Years to 1940
  Introduction
  Acknowledgements
  Timeline
  Chapter 1. American Sports, 1607-1860
  Chapter 2. American Sports, 1861-1889
  Chapter 3. American Sports, 1890-1899
  Chapter 4. American Sports, 1900-1909
  Chapter 5. American Sports, 1910-1919
  Chapter 6. American Sports, 1920-1929
  Chapter 7. American Sports, 1930-1939
  Volume Two, 1940 to the Present
  Chapter 8. American Sports, 1940-1949
  Chapter 9. American Sports, 1950-1959
  Chapter 10. American Sports, 1960-1969
  Chapter 11. American Sports, 1970-1979
  Chapter 12. American Sports 1980-1989
  Chapter 13. American Sports, 1990 to the Present
  Resource Guide
  About the Contributors

PDF Catalogs:

Greenwood School and Public Library Reference 2009.pdf