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The Chicago Sports Reader: 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City
Steven A. Riess
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Description for The Chicago Sports Reader: 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City
Paperback. A celebration of the fast, the strong, the agile, and the tricky throughout Chicago's storied sports history Editor(s): Riess, Steven A.; Gems, Gerald R. Series: Sport and Society. Num Pages: 384 pages, 9 photographs; 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; HBT; WS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 603.
The Chicago Sports Reader examines Chicago's long and glorious history of recreational and competitive sport, and as the home of the finest sporting events and most loyal fans in the United States. Contributors explore why sports have been especially important in Chicago, how these sports were organized, and how sports promote not only a sense of community and hometown pride but also the agony of defeat and betrayal. This indispensable collection surveys the essential events and main teams in the city's sports history--the Bears, the Cubs, the White Sox, the Black Hawks, and the Bulls--as well as great Chicago sports ... Read more
The Chicago Sports Reader examines Chicago's long and glorious history of recreational and competitive sport, and as the home of the finest sporting events and most loyal fans in the United States. Contributors explore why sports have been especially important in Chicago, how these sports were organized, and how sports promote not only a sense of community and hometown pride but also the agony of defeat and betrayal. This indispensable collection surveys the essential events and main teams in the city's sports history--the Bears, the Cubs, the White Sox, the Black Hawks, and the Bulls--as well as great Chicago sports ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Series
Sport and Society
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
Baltimore, United States
ISBN
9780252076152
SKU
V9780252076152
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About Steven A. Riess
Steven A. Riess is a professor of history and a Bernard J. Brommel Distinguished Research Professor at Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago. Gerald R. Gems is a professor of health and physical education at North Central College, Naperville, Illinois.
Reviews for The Chicago Sports Reader: 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City
“Classic essays. . . . Recommended.”
Choice "Chicago wins! There is no comparable volume packing so much into it as The Chicago Sports Reader. What a powerful line-up! Readers will savor its endless pleasures."
Michael H. Ebner, Lake Forest College and Chicago Tribune All-Star Team of College Professors "A fascinating collection . . . . The Chicago Sports Reader provides a noteworthy ... Read more
Choice "Chicago wins! There is no comparable volume packing so much into it as The Chicago Sports Reader. What a powerful line-up! Readers will savor its endless pleasures."
Michael H. Ebner, Lake Forest College and Chicago Tribune All-Star Team of College Professors "A fascinating collection . . . . The Chicago Sports Reader provides a noteworthy ... Read more