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Fall 2018 Catalog

The Callout Winter 2018, Issue: 2

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Sport and Society Acquiring Editor: Danny Nasset Series Editors: Aram Goudsouzian and Jaime Schultz Founding Editors: Benjamin Rader and Randy Roberts The Sport and Society series publishes scholarly books as well as short books on individual sports directed to the student and general reader. These include new works dealing with sports in many academic disciplines as well as paperback reissues of scholarly and popular books. See our featured title flyer here.

Female Gladiators Gender, Law, and Contact Sport in America Author: Sarah K. Fields Pub Date: June 2008 How school-aged girls used the legal system to gain access to contact sports   learn more...

Baseball and Cricket The Creation of American Team Sports, 1838-72 Author: George B. Kirsch Pub Date: February 2007 How and why Americans chose baseball over its early rival, cricket, as the national pastime   learn more...

Golf and the American Country Club Author: Richard J. Moss Pub Date: 2007 A revealing look at the intertwined histories of the venerable game and controversial clubs   learn more...

Jesse Owens An American Life Author: William J. Baker Pub Date: June 2006 The rise and fall of one of sport’s most enduring icons   learn more...

Sandow the Magnificent Eugen Sandow and the Beginnings of Bodybuilding Author: David L. Chapman Pub Date: Cloth: 1994; Paper: March 2006 The strongman whose pioneering focus on physique built an entertainment empire   learn more...

The End of Baseball As We Knew It The Players Union, 1960-81 Author: Charles P. Korr Pub Date: 2005 The fascinating history of the MLBPA's transformation into the nation's most powerful labor union   learn more...

Saying It's So A Cultural History of the Black Sox Scandal Author: Daniel A. Nathan Pub Date: September 2005 How meaning was manufactured following the national pastime's darkest hour   learn more...

Rocky Marciano The Rock of His Times Author: Russell Sullivan Pub Date: April 2005 Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the final fight of boxing's only undefeated heavyweight champion   learn more...

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...

The Ultimate Guide to College Football Rankings, Records, and Scores of the Major Teams and Conferences Author: James Quirk Pub Date: August 2004 College football's collected "tales of the tape"   learn more...

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