Sports in American Life: A History

This new edition of Davies’ highly praised narrative of American sports history makes use of the very latest research and now includes updated and expanded coverage of major sporting events since 2006, extreme sports, and women in sports.

• Extensively revised throughout, with particular attention to making a leaner, more fast-paced narrative
• Allows students and scholars to keep up-to-date with the fast-emerging scholarship in this field
• The most detailed history of American sports, with an emphasis upon major issues, trends, and interpretations
• Highlights the social, economic, and cultural interaction between sports and larger issues, such as gender, race, and class
• Instructor's Manual with Test Bank available on publication at www.wiley.com/go/davies