Sports in Chicago - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0252075234 ISBN 13 : 9780252075230

Editeur : University of Illinois Press, 2008

Synopsis

Chicago teams have won the World Series, Super Bowl, multiple Stanley Cups, and a string of National Basketball Association titles. But amateur sports also play a large role in the city's athletic traditions, especially in schools and youth leagues that allow people from across the city to add to Chicago sports history.

In Sports and Chicago, an all-star roster of experts focuses on multiple aspects of Chicago sports, including long looks at amateur boxing, the impact of gender and ethnicity in sports, the politics of horse racing and stadium building, the lasting scandal of the Black Sox, and the once-perpetual heartbreak of the Cubs. Illustrated with forty photographs, the collection encourages historians and sports fans alike to appreciate the long-standing importance of sports in the Windy City.

Contributors: Peter Alter, Robin F. Bachin, Larry Bennett, Linda J. Borish, Gerald Gems, Elliott J. Gorn, Richard Kimball, Gabe Logan, Daniel A. Nathan, Timothy Neary, Steven A. Riess, John Russick, Timothy Spears, Costas Spirou, and Loïc Wacquant.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Robin F. Bachin is the Charlton W. Tebeau Associate Professor of History at the University of Miami.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of Illinois Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0252075234
• ISBN 13: 9780252075230
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 336
• Éditeur: Gorn Elliott J.
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