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This new edition has been re-organized, extensively revised throughout, and significantly updated to include major sporting events since 2006. Davies makes use of the very latest research, and the book has also been updated to include expanded coverage of women in sports and a section covering the rise of extreme sports and mixed martial arts.
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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 narrativeAllows students and scholars to keep up-to-date with the fast-emerging scholarship in this fieldThe most detailed history of American sports, with an emphasis upon major issues, trends, and interpretationsHighlights the social, economic, and cultural interaction between sports and larger issues, such as gender, race, and classInstructor's Manual with Test Bank available on publication at www.wiley.com/go/davies
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