The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America 1538706695, 9781538706695

“Indispensable history.” –Sally Jenkins, bestselling author of The Right Call A captivating chronicle of the pivotal d

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The Big Time: How the 1970s Transformed Sports in America
1538706695, 9781538706695

During the early 1970s, the nation's turbulence was keenly reflected in Austin's kaleidoscopic cultural moveme

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During the early 1970s, the nation’s turbulence was keenly reflected in Austin’s kaleidoscopic cultural movements, parti

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It’s hard to imagine, but as late as the 1950s, athletes could get kicked off a team if they were caught lifting weights

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How did human societies scale up from tight-knit groups of hunter-gatherers to the large, anonymous, cooperative societi

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A Superpower Transformed explores the predicament of American foreign policy in the 1970s. This was a phase when the dil

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Big-time college sports embodies the ideals of amateurism and provides an important complement to university education.

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The first book to examine the transformation of sporting cultures in South America in the nineteenth and twentieth centu

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Explores the political dimensions of North American agriculture. Explores the political dimensions of North American a

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