Sports in American History Book

Chapter 1. Sporting Experiences in Colonial America, 1400–1750
Native American Pastimes and Sports Influence of Religion on English Colonists Sport in American Colonies Summary
Chapter 2. Sport and Pastimes in the American Revolutionary Era and Early National Period, 1750–1820
The Great Awakening and the Place of Sport Consumerism and Changing Patterns of Colonial Life The Enlightenment in America and Ideas of Sport and the Body Frontier and Backcountry Sport Women's Active Recreation in the Revolutionary Era and Early National Period Native American Sport Sporting Practices During the American Revolutionary War Turn of the Nineteenth Century and Societal Patterns Summary

Chapter 3. Antebellum Health Reforms and Sporting Forms, 1820–1860
Overview of the Antebellum Period Health Reformers Muscular Christianity Women and Physical Activity Rural Sporting Practices Rise of Agricultural and Sporting Journalism Sporting Practices of the Middle and Upper Class Public Spaces for Health and Sport Sporting Pastimes of African Americans and Native Americans Immigrants and Sporting Cultures Summary

Chapter 4. Rise of Rationalized and Modern Sport, 1850–1870
Concept of Modern Sport Subcommunities and the Growth of Modern Sport Sporting Fraternity Growth of Sports Clubs and Advancing Rational Recreation Growth of American Team Sport and Competition Rise of Intercollegiate Sport The Civil War and Sporting Experiences Summary

Chapter 5. New Identities and Expanding Modes of Sport in the Gilded Age, 1870–1890
Sport and Social Stratification Maintaining Ethnic Forms of Leisure Development of an Intercollegiate Sporting Culture Male Sporting Culture Business of Sport Gendered Sport, Class, and Social Roles Regulation of Sport: Amateurism Versus Professionalism Summary

Chapter 6. American Sport and Social Change During the Progressive Era, 1890–1920
Social Reformers of the Progressive Era Play and Games in American Ideology Recreational Spaces Back-to-Nature Movement Sport and Colonialism Resistance to Social Reform Sport, Ethnicity, and the Quest for Social Mobility Assimilation of Disparate Groups in American Society Challenging Gender Boundaries Body Culture Sport and Technology Modern Olympic Games Sport During World War I Summary

Chapter 7. Sport, Heroic Athletes, and Popular Culture, 1920–1950
War, Depression, and the Shaping of America Social Change and the Spread of Sport Heroes in the Golden Age Media and the Commercialization of Sport Summary

Chapter 8. Sport as TV Spectacle, Big Business, and Political Site, 1950–1980
Sport in the Cold War Evolution of the Sport–Media Relationship Incorporation of Alternative Heroes Professional Sport and Labor Relations Sport and the Civil Rights Movement Sport, Narcissism, and the Existential Search for Self Scientific Advancements and the Growth of Sport Summary

Chapter 9. Globalized Sport, 1980–2007
Corporate Sporting Culture Women and Sport Sport and Cynicism in America Enduring Icons of Sport Alternative Sports Summary