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The Meaning Of Sports

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Author: Mandelbaum, Michael
ISBN: 9781586483302

by Mandelbaum, Michael

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9781586483302
ISBN10:
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Format: Paperback
Copyright: 2005-05-11
Publisher: PublicAffairs
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Summary

One thinking fan explains to other sports fans and non-fans alike just what it is that draws us to America's most popular sports

Author Biography

Michael Mandelbaum is one of the nation's leading authorities on American foreign policy and international relations and the author or co-author of eight books, including The Ideas That Conquered The World: Peace, Democracy, and Free Markets in the Twenty-First Century.

Acknowledgments

Introduction

xiii

CHAPTER 1 A Variety of Religious Experience

(39)

A Modern Creation

(3)

Diversion and Clarity

(6)

Shining Examples

(6)

The Rise of Team Sports

(10)

The Atlantic Gulf

(14)

CHAPTER 2 Baseball: The Remembrance of Things Past

(79)

The Traditional Game

(14)

The Individual's Game

(9)

The Golden Age

(18)

Artists and Scientists

(12)

The Silver Age

(26)

CHAPTER 3 Football: The Spectacle of Violence

119

(80)

The Industrial Game

119

(9)

The War Game

128

(15)

The College Game

143

(20)

The Coach's Game

163

(12)

The Golden Age

175

(24)

CHAPTER 4 Basketball: The Chemistry of Teamwork

199

(73)

The Post-Industrial Game

199

(8)

The Generic Game

207

(9)

The Latecomer

216

(21)

The Grass Roots

237

(12)

The Golden Age

249

(23)

Conclusion: The Future of Sports

272

(13)

Epilogue

285

(18)

Notes

303

(38)

Index

341

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