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Winning is the only thing : sports in America since 1945
- Title
- Winning is the only thing : sports in America since 1945 / Randy Roberts and James S. Olson.
- Author
- Roberts, Randy, 1951-
- Publication
- Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, ©1989.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | GV583 .R6 1989 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Olson, James Stuart, 1946-
- Description
- xii, 258 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- Takes a hard look at the dark side of American sports.
- Series Statement
- The American moment
- Uniform Title
- American moment.
- Alternative Title
- Sports in America since 1945
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Bibliography: p. 235-246.
- Contents
- The world that Hiroshima created: the Olympic Games and the Cold War -- The integration of American sports -- Work and play: the business of professional sports -- Scandal time -- Television, sports, and mass culture -- The Roone revolution -- The new rules of the game -- The black rebellion in American sports -- In the shadow of Munich -- Sports and self in modern America.
- ISBN
- 0801838304
- 9780801838309
- 9780801842405
- 0801842409
- LCCN
- 89001689
- OCLC
- ocm19122592
- 19122592
- SCSB-14010382
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library