Politics, Culture, and Society : Readings on the American Tradition

Richard O. Davies

McGraw=Hill

A study of the history of the town of Camden, Ohio. Drawing on the works of novelists--particularly Camden native Sherwood Anderson, sociologists, anthropologists, and political scientists, as well as a variety of local sources, the author explores the small farming community as it was affected by land speculation, the railroad era, the automobile, and the post-World War II loss of business and population to the cities of Dayton, Hamilton, and Cincinnati. Paper edition (unseen), $20.00. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

Main Street Blues: The Decline of Small-Town America (Urban Life and Urban Landscape Series)

History

Americas

Ohio State University Press

Sports In American Life

Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, John

The third edition of author Richard O. Davies' highly praised narrative of American sports, Sports in American Life: A History, features extensive revisions and updates to its presentation of an interpretative history of the relationship of sports to the larger themes of U.S. history. Updated include a new section on concussions caused by contact sports and new biographies of John Wooden and Joe Paterno. <ul> <li>Features extensive revisions and updates, along with a leaner, faster-paced narrative than previous editions</li> <li>Addresses the social, economic, and cultural interaction between sports and gender, race, class, and other larger issues</li> <li>Provides expanded coverage of college sports, women in sports, race and racism in organized sports, and soccer's sharp rise in popularity</li> <li>Features an all-new section that tackles the growing controversy of head injuries and concussions caused by contact sports</li> </ul>

Sports in American Life: A History

Wiley/Blackwell

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