For Pride, Profit, and Patriarchy: Football and the Incorporation of American Cultural Values by Gems, Gerald R.

For Pride, Profit, and Patriarchy: Football and the Incorporation of American Cultural Values (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780810836853)

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For Pride, Profit, and Patriarchy: Football and the Incorporation of American Cultural Values by Gems, Gerald R.

For Pride, Profit, and Patriarchy: Football and the Incorporation of American Cultural Values

$89.00
For Pride, Profit, and Patriarchy: Football and the Incorporation of American Cultural Values by Gems, Gerald R.

For Pride, Profit, and Patriarchy: Football and the Incorporation of American Cultural Values

$89.00
Format: Hardcover
Description
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This intriguing resource covers a host of issues including the rise of football, football and feminism, militarism and leadership training, and multicultural football. A broad and comprehensive analysis of the ways in which football addressed the cultural and ideological tensions within American society during its period of development and consolidation after the Civil War, this study is ideal for everyone from the football enthusiast to the general reader.

Author: Gerald R. Gems
ISBN-10: 0810836858
ISBN-13: 9780810836853
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Language: English
Published: 08/28/2000
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.67h x 5.66w x 0.75d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2001 pg. 61
By Gerald R. Gems
By Gerald R. Gems
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Gerald R. Gems (Ph.D., University of Maryland) is Full Professor of Health and Physical Education at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. He has written numerous articles and reviews on sports related issues. His previous Scarecrow publication is Windy CIty Wars: Labor, Leisure and Sport in the Making of Chicago.

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