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Title:
Sports in Chicago / edited by Elliott J. Gorn.
Publisher:
Chicago History Museum,
Copyright Date:
c2008
Description:
x, 322 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Sports--Chicago--Chicago--Miscellanea.
Other Authors:
Gorn, Elliott J., 1951-
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
where hope goes to die / Elliott Gorn. Epilogue: rise of early Chicago soccer / Gabe Logan -- Closing down the open city: the demise of boxing and horse racing in Chicago / Steven A. Riess -- Jewish women, sports, and Chicago history / Linda J. Borish -- Baseball palace of the world: commercial recreation and the building of Comiskey Park / Robin F. Bachin -- Serbs, sports, and whiteness / Peter T. Alter -- "A dirty rotten shame": the Black Sox scandal and American culture / Daniel A. Nathan -- The plow that broke the midway: Bronko Nagurski / Timothy Spears -- "An inalienable right to play": African American participation in the Catholic Youth Organization / Timothy B. Neary -- An athlete dying young: Kenny Hubbs, memory, and the Chicago Cubs / Richard Kimball -- The social logic of boxing in black Chicago: toward a sociology of pugilism / Loìˆc J. D. Wacquant -- Recent stadium development projects in Chicago: a tale of three neighborhoods Costas Spirou, Larry Bennett -- Chicago sports! You shoulda' been there: an exhibition / John Russick -- Epilogue: where hope goes to die / Elliott Gorn.
Series:
Sport and society
ISBN:
0252075234 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780252075230 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0252033175 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780252033179 (cloth : alk. paper)
OCLC:
(OCoLC)176980905
LCCN:
2008002233
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
PTAX572 -- Stewart Memorial Library (Cedar Rapids)
SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

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