ISBN:
9781501714214
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
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Illustrations (black and white)
DDC:
306.4/830973
Keywords:
Geschichte 1700-1900
;
Sport
;
Massenkultur
;
Sports Social aspects
;
History
;
Popular culture History
;
USA
;
United States Civilization 1783-1865
Abstract:
'They Will Have Their Game' explores how sports, drinking, gambling, and theater produced a sense of democracy while also reinforcing racial, gender, and class divisions in early America. Drawing on unparalleled research into the personal papers of the investors behind sporting events, Cohen demonstrates how investors, participants, and professional performers from all sorts of backgrounds saw these 'sporting' activities as stages for securing economic and political advantage over others.
Note:
Previously issued in print: 2017
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Includes bibliographical references and index
DOI:
10.7591/cornell/9781501705496.001.0001
URL:
https://doi.org/10.7591/cornell/9781501705496.001.0001
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