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The Chicago sports reader : 100 years of sports in the windy city / edited by Steven A. Riess and Gerald R. Gems.
| Other author | Riess, Steven A., editor. |
| Other author | Gems, Gerald R. editor. |
| Format | Book |
| Publication Info | Urbana : University of Illinois Press, ©2009. |
| Description | 368 pages, 6 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm. |
| Subjects |
| Series | Sports and society Sports and society. ^A561367 |
| Contents | Introduction: the history of sports in Chicago / Steven A. Riess -- Horse racing in Chicago, 1883-1894: the interplay of class, politics, and organized crime / Steven A. Riess -- When Chicago was wheel crazy / George D. Bushnell -- The car race of the century / Cord Scott -- The rise of the spectator, the coach, and the player, 1895-1905 / Robin Dale Lester -- Black entrepreneurship in the national pastime: the rise of semiprofessional baseball in Black Chicago, 1890-1915 / Michael E. Lomax -- News, narratives, and the Black Sox scandal: history's first draft / Daniel A. Nathan -- Red Grange and the Chicago Bears / John M. Carroll -- The Dempsey-Tunney fight / Bruce R. Evensen -- Entrepreneurship and the rise of the Chicago Blackhawks / John Chi-Kit Wong -- Blocked shot: the development of basketball in the African-American community of Chicago / Gerald R. Gems -- No freaks, no Amazons, no boyish bobs / Susan K. Cahn -- 1969 and the Chicago Cubs / David Claerbaut -- Bittersweet championships: Michael Jordan, the Chicago Bulls, and international sports marketing / Walter L. LeFeber. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| LCCN | 2008037209 |
| ISBN | 9780252032813 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0252032810 (cloth : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780252076152 (pbk. : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 025207615X (pbk. : alk. paper) |
Availability
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joyner | General Stacks | GV 584.5.C4 C49 2009 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |