A cloud of forgetting

Cooper, Pamela

Quartet

<p>The American Marathon is the first in-depth study of the marathon as a cultural performance that has as much power to unite communities across lines of race, ethnicity, class, and gender as it does to empower individuals. This book encompasses more than a century, from the fledgling days of the footrace in the 1890s to the popular contemporary marathons that have become corporate-sponsored institutions. Besides examining the ethnic influence on marathoning, Cooper also explores the impact of the Cold War on this sport, when fitness and endurance became matters of national pride. She shows how the Road Runners Club of America first brought women and large numbers of participant runners into long-distance footraces and, finally, how corporate sponsorship and direct payments to athletes profoundly changed the nature of this once-amateur sport.</p>

The American Marathon (Sports and Entertainment)

Sports & Outdoors

Individual Sports

Syracuse University Press

The American Marathon is the first in-depth study of the marathon as a cultural performance that has as much power to unite communities across lines of race, ethnicity, class, and gender as it does to empower individuals. This book encompasses more than a century, from the fledgling days of the footrace in the 1890s to the popular contemporary marathons that have become corporate-sponsored institutions. Besides examining the ethnic influence on marathoning, Cooper also explores the impact of the Cold War on this sport, when fitness and endurance became matters of national pride. She shows how the Road Runners Club of America first brought women and large numbers of participant runners into long-distance footraces and, finally, how corporate sponsorship and direct payments to athletes profoundly changed the nature of this once-amateur sport.

Politics & Social Sciences

Anthropology

This is an excellent guide to Graham Swift's Booker-winning novel, now a feature film starring Michael Caine and Bob Hoskins. It features a biography of the author, a full-length analysis of the novel, and a great deal more. If you're studying this novel, reading it for your book club, or if you simply want to know more about it, you'll find this guide informative and helpful.

Graham Swift's Last Orders: A Reader's Guide (Continuum Contemporaries)

Literature & Fiction

British & Irish

Continuum

<p>Stewart, Lea P., Cooper, Pamela, Friedley, Sheryl</p>

Communication Between the Sexes: Sex Differences and Sex-Role Stereotypes

Sheryl Stewart, Lea P.

Friedley

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Gorsuch Scarisbrick Pub

Future of Speech Communication Education: Proceedings of the 1988 Speech Communication Association Flagstaff Conference

Galcin, Kathleen

Reference

Natl Communication Assn

#Undefeated: Prayer Never Loses

Religion & Spirituality

Wilbon, Dr. Matisa D.

Christian Books & Bibles

Independently published

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