Sports: A Reference Guide and Critical Commentary, 1980-1999 [Hardcover]

This guide to the available literature on sports in American culture during the last two decades of the 20th century is a companion to Jack Higg'sSports: A Reference Guide(Greenwood, 1982). The types of individual or team sports included in this volume include those that are viewed as physical contests engaged in for physical, emotional, spiritual, or psychological fulfillment. With a focus on books alone, chapters review the available literature regarding sports and each concludes with a bibliography. Academic journals likely to contain articles on the topics discussed are listed at the end of each chapter. Twelve chapters discuss sports and American history, business and law, education, ethnicity and race, gender, literature, philosophy and religion, popular culture, psychology, science and technology, sociology and world history.

This reference and guide to further research will appeal to scholars of popular culture and sports. An index and two appendixes are included, one listing important dates in American sports from 1980 through 2000 and one listing sports halls of fame, museums, periodicals, and websites.

Preface
Introduction
Sport and American History
Sport: Business and Law
Sport and Education
Sport: Ethnicity and Race
Sport and Gender
Sport and Literature
Sport: Philosophy and Religion
Sport and Popular Culture
Sport Psychology
Sport: Science and Technology
Sport and Sociology
Sport and World History
Appendix I Important Dates in American Sports: 1980-2000
Appendix II Halls of Fame, Libraries, Museums, Periodicals, and Web Sites
Index