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They will have their game : sporting culture and the making of the early American republic / Kenneth Cohen

Author: Cohen, Kenneth
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Copyright Date: ©2017
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 320 pages)

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Contents

Introduction : the meaning of sport -- The rise of genteel sport -- A revolution in sporting culture -- Sport reborn -- Profit and prestige -- A mass sporting industry -- Sporting cultures -- Epilogue : change and persistence.

Summary

In They Will Have Their Game, Kenneth Cohen explores how sports, drinking, gambling, and theater produced a sense of democracy while also reinforcing racial, gender, and class divisions in early America. Pairing previously unexplored financial ...

Subject(s)

1700-1899
Sports—Social aspects—United States—History—18th century
Sports—Social aspects—United States—History—19th century
Popular culture—United States—History—18th century
Popular culture—United States—History—19th century
Sports—Aspect social—États-Unis—Histoire—18e siècle
Sports—Aspect social—États-Unis—Histoire—19e siècle
Culture populaire—États-Unis—Histoire—18e siècle
Culture populaire—États-Unis—Histoire—19e siècle
POLITICAL SCIENCE—Public Policy—Cultural Policy
SOCIAL SCIENCE—Anthropology—Cultural
SOCIAL SCIENCE—Popular Culture
HISTORY—United States—19th Century
Civilization
Popular culture
Sports—Social aspects
United States—Civilization—1783-1865
États-Unis—Civilisation—1783-1865
United States

Other Subject(s)

Politicized entertainment, early america, theater history, business history, political and economic power of wealth,.

Genre(s)

History

ISBN

9781501714214 (electronic book)
150171421X (electronic book)
9781501714207
1501714201
9781501705496
1501705490

Bibliography Note

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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