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Passion Plays : How Religion Shaped Sports in North America

Title
Passion Plays : How Religion Shaped Sports in North America / Randall Balmer.
Author
Balmer, Randall Herbert
Publication
  • Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
  • Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000
  • [2022]

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Description
1 online resource.
Uniform Title
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subject
  • Basketball > North America
  • Hockey > North America
  • Football > North America
  • Baseball > North America
  • Team sports > Social aspects > North America
  • Team sports > North America > History
  • Sports > Religious aspects
  • North America > Religion
Note
  • "A Ferris and Ferris book."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction (note)
  • Electronic reproduction.
Source of Description (note)
  • Description based on print version record.
Contents
To everything a season: the peculiar passion surrounding team sports -- It breaks your heart: the Industrial Revolution and the origins of baseball -- A great moral force: the Civil War and the origins of football -- Soul of a nation: the Canadian Confederation and the origins of hockey -- A labyrinth of wanderings: urbanization and the origins of basketball -- Shut up and dribble: from the sanctuary to the stadium.
ISBN
  • 9781469670065
  • 1469670062
  • 9781469670072
  • 1469670070
  • 1469670089
  • 9781469670089
OCLC
om2087542531
Author
Balmer, Randall Herbert, author.
Title
Passion Plays : How Religion Shaped Sports in North America / Randall Balmer.
Publisher
Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2022]
Manufacturer
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 0000
Copyright Date
[2022]
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Series
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Reproduction
Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.
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EBSCOhost
LCCN
2022015059
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