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| Material Type: | Government publication, State or province government publication |
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| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Brian M Ingrassia |
| ISBN: | 9780700618309 0700618309 |
| OCLC Number: | 757838358 |
| Description: | xiii, 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: The cultural cornerstone of the ivory tower -- 1. Physical culture, discipline, and higher education in 1800s America -- 2. Progressive era universities and football reform -- 3. Psychologists : body, mind, and the creation of discipline -- 4. Social scientists : making sport safe for a rational public -- 5. Coaches : in the disciplinary arena -- 6. Stadiums : between campus and culture -- 7. Academic backlash in the post-World War I era -- Epilogue: A circus or a sideshow? |
| Series Title: | Culture America. |
| Responsibility: | Brian M. Ingrassia. |
Abstract:
Offers the most incisive account to date of the origins of college football, tracing the sport's evolution from a gentlemen's pastime to a multi-million dollar enterprise that made athletics a permanent fixture on our nation's campuses and cemented college football's place in American culture.
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