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This engaging study examines sports as both a symbol of American culture and a formative force that shapes American values. Leverett T. Smith Jr. uses "high" culture, in the form of literature and criticism, to analyze the popular culture of baseball and professional football. He explores the history of baseball through three important events: the fixing of the 1919 World Series, the appointment of Judge Landis as commissioner of baseball with dictatorial powers, and the emergence of Babe Ruth as the "new" kind of ball player. He also looks at literary works dealing with leisure and sports, including those of Thoreau, Twain, Frost, Lardner, and Hemingway. Finally he documents the emergence of professional football as the national game through the history and writings of former Green Bay Packers coach Vince Lombardi, who emerges as both a critic of the business-oriented society and a canny businessman and manager of men himself. First paperback edition

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  • Author : Leverett T. Smith (Jr.)
  • Publisher : Popular Press
  • Genre : Social Science
  • Total Pages : 302 pages
  • ISBN : 9780879728670
  • PDF File Size : 22,5 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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The American Dream and the National Game

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  • File Size : 26,7 Mb
  • Release Date : 24 June 2024
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  • Release Date : 16 June 2016
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