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Sport and Society


Acquiring Editor: Willis G. Regier
Series Editors: Randy Roberts and Aram Goudsouzian
Founding Editors: Benjamin Rader and Randy Roberts

The Sport and Society series publishes short books directed to the student and the general reader. These include new works dealing with sports in many academic disciplines as well as paperback reissues of scholarly and popular books.


link to catalog page , The Unlevel Playing Field

The Unlevel Playing Field

A Documentary History of the African American Experience in Sport

Author: David K. Wiggins and Patrick B. Miller
Pub Date: April 2005

A chronicle of significant athletic events and the lives and careers of numerous black sports heroes---and the very significant role of sports in the history of race relations in the U.S.   learn more...

link to catalog page , Red Grange and the Rise of Modern Football Author: John M. Carroll
Pub Date: Cloth: 1999; Paper: 2004

To understand the forces that helped create the modern superstar athlete, begin with Red Grange   learn more...

link to catalog page , A View from the Bench

A View from the Bench

The Story of an Ordinary Player on a Big-Time Football Team

Author: George R. Mills
Pub Date: 2004

The memoir of an average college football player at one of the most dominant college football programs   learn more...

link to catalog page , The Ultimate Guide to College Football

The Ultimate Guide to College Football

Rankings, Records, and Scores of the Major Teams and Conferences

Author: James Quirk
Pub Date: 2004

College football's collected "tales of the tape"   learn more...

link to catalog page , Harry Hooper

Harry Hooper

An American Baseball Life

Author: Paul J. Zingg
Pub Date: Cloth: ; Paper: 2004

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link to catalog page , The Nazi Olympics

The Nazi Olympics

Sport, Politics, and Appeasement in the 1930s

Author: Edited by Arnd Krüger and William Murray
Pub Date: September 2003

The preparation and presentation of the Nazi Olympics as seen by the host country and by the main competing countries   learn more...

link to catalog page , The Sporting World of the Modern South Author: Edited by Patrick B. Miller
Pub Date: April 2002

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link to catalog page , Extra Innings

Extra Innings

Writing on Baseball

Author: Richard Peterson
Pub Date: 2001

For die-hard baseball intellectuals, Peterson explores how baseball writers have generated and sometimes challenged the narrative myths of the sport and its players.   learn more...

link to catalog page , Global Games Author: Maarten Van Bottenburg
Pub Date: September 2001

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link to catalog page , Cowgirls of the Rodeo

Cowgirls of the Rodeo

Pioneer Professional Athletes

Author: Mary Lou LeCompte
Pub Date: 2000

Using biographies to describe women’s transformation from serious rodeo athletes to beauty queens and their successful struggle to regain their place--and respect--as the competitive athletes they are today   learn more...

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