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They will have their game : sporting culture and the making of the early American republic

Summary: In They Will Have Their Game, Kenneth Cohen explores how sports, drinking, gambling, and theater produced a sense of democracy while also reinforcing racial, gender, and class divisions in early America. Pairing previously unexplored financial ...

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ISBN: 9781501705496
ISBN: 1501705490
ISBN: 9781501705496
ISBN: 1501714201
ISBN: 9781501714207
ISBN: 150171421X
ISBN: 9781501714214
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xi, 320 pages)
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Publisher: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Copyright: ©2017

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction : the meaning of sport -- The rise of genteel sport -- A revolution in sporting culture -- Sport reborn -- Profit and prestige -- A mass sporting industry -- Sporting cultures -- Epilogue : change and persistence.
Source of Description Note:	Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 30, 2017).