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Notes on Contributors viii <p>Introduction 1<br /> <i>Steven A. Riess</i></p> <p><b>Part I Major Chronological Eras of Sport History 11</b></p> <p>1 The Emergence of Sport: A Historiographical Appraisal of Sport in America through 1865 13<br /> <i>James C. Schneider</i></p> <p>2 The Gilded Age and the Progressive Era, 1865–1920 32<br /> <i>Gerald R. Gems</i></p> <p>3 The Interwar and Post-World War II Eras, 1920–1960 60<br /> <i>Ryan Swanson</i></p> <p>4 Sport Since the 1960s 84<br /> <i>Russ Crawford</i></p> <p><b>Part II Historical Processes and Sport 107</b></p> <p>5 Scientific Habits of Mind, Technological Revolutions, and American Sport 109<br /> <i>Mark Dyreson</i></p> <p>6 Urbanization and American Sport 130<br /> <i>Joseph C. Bigott</i></p> <p><b>Part III Major Team Sports 153</b></p> <p>7 Baseball Before 1920 155<br /> <i>Leslie Heaphy</i></p> <p>8 Baseball Since 1920 177<br /> <i>Rebecca T. Alpert</i></p> <p>9 Reconciling the Consequences of Modernity: College Football as Cultural History 202<br /> <i>Kurt Edward Kemper</i></p> <p>10 Professional Football 221<br /> <i>Anthony Santoro</i></p> <p>11 Basketball 246<br /> <i>Aram Goudsouzian</i></p> <p><b>Part IV Major Individual Sports 269</b></p> <p>12 Boxing: The Manly Art 271<br /> <i>Randy Roberts and Andrew R. M. Smith</i></p> <p>13 Golf and Tennis 292<br /> <i>Robert Pruter</i></p> <p>14 American Motor Sport: The Checkered Literature on the Checkered Flag 313<br /> <i>David N. Lucsko</i></p> <p>15 Historians, Track Stars, and Amateurism: Retrospect and Prospects 334<br /> <i>Alan S. Katchen</i></p> <p><b>Part V Sport, Government, and the Global Society 357</b></p> <p>16 The United States and International Sport: A Historiography 359<br /> <i>Nicholas Evan Sarantakes</i></p> <p>17 The United States in the Modern Olympic Movement: A Historiography 379<br /> <i>Robert K. Barney</i></p> <p><b>Part VI Sport and Social History 403</b></p> <p>18 Historians Take on Ethnicity, Race, and Sport 405<br /> <i>Gerald R. Gems</i></p> <p>19 The African American Athlete 434<br /> <i>Louis Moore</i></p> <p>20 Class and Sport 454<br /> <i>Steven A. Riess</i></p> <p>21 Manhood or Masculinity: The Historiography of Manliness in American Sport 479<br /> <i>Brian M. Ingrassia</i></p> <p>22 Women in American Sport History 500<br /> Linda J. Borish</p> <p><b>Part VII Sport and Capitalism 521</b></p> <p>23 Explaining Exceptionalism: Approaches to the Study of American Sports Business History 523<br /> <i>J. Andrew Ross</i></p> <p>24 Sport and the Media 552<br /> <i>James R. Walker and Robert V. Bellamy, Jr</i></p> <p>25 Stadiums, Arenas, and Audiences 577<br /> <i>Robert C. Trumpbour</i></p> <p><b>Part VIII Sport and Culture 599</b></p> <p>26 Sport and American Religion 601<br /> <i>Richard Kimball</i></p> <p>27 Not Always “Natural”: A Historiography of Sport in American Culture 615<br /> <i>Kevin B. Witherspoon</i></p> <p>28 Sports Biographies 634<br /> <i>Maureen Smith</i></p> <p>Index 656</p>

<p><b>Steven A. Riess</b> is the Bernard Brommel Research Professor of History at Northeastern Illinois University. His books include <i>City Games: The Evolution of American Urban Society and the Rise of Sports</i> (1989), <i>Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era, Revised Edition</i> (1999), and <i>The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime: Horse Racing, Politics, and Organized Crime in New York, 1865-1913</i> (2011)<i>, and Sport in Industrial America, 1850-1920, Second Edition</i> (Wiley-Blackwell, 2013).</p>

<p><i>A Companion to American Sport History</i> represents the first comprehensive analysis of classic and contemporary scholarship relating to the burgeoning field of American sport history.</p> <p>Featuring contributions from many of the finest scholars working in the field of American sport history, essays begin by tracing the evolution of sports in America from colonial societies through to the era of sport in the United States today. A series of thematic essays go on to cover major sports such as baseball, football, basketball, boxing,   car racing, golf and tennis, and track and field, and more. Individual topics include the relationship of sports to issues of business, manliness, communications, urbanization, and technology. Historiographical essays offer fascinating insights into America’s lengthy obsession with sporting culture, touching on topics such as gambling and crime, heroes and villains, and race and gender. Authoritative and timely, <i>A Companion to American Sport History</i> helps shape our understanding of the complex role of sports in American history.</p>

<p>“Steve Riess has assembled a cast of experts whose essays make A Companion to American Sport History the go-to reference for anyone -- old hand or new – looking to catch up on the vast and growing literature in this field.”<br /> —<i>Stephen Hardy, University of New Hampshire</i></p> <p>"A trustworthy guide to the innumerable books and articles that narrate and interpret American sport history.”<br /> —<i>Allen Guttmann, Amherst College</i></p>

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