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  • Reading Football

    How the Popular Press Created an American Spectacle

    de Michael Oriard ...
    Series series Cultural Studies of the United States
    Is football an athletic contest or a social event? Is it a game of skill, a test of manhood, or merely an organized brawl? Michael Oriard, a former professional player, asks these and other intriguing questions in Reading Football, the first contemporary book about football’s formative years.American football began in the 1870s as a game to be played, not watched. Within a brief ten years, it had ... Leer más

    $28.99 USD

  • Brand NFL

    Making and Selling America's Favorite Sport

    de Michael Oriard ...
    Professional football today is an $8 billion sports entertainment industry — and the most popular spectator sport in America, with designs on expansion across the globe. In this astute field-level view of the National Football League since 1960, Michael Oriard looks closely at the development of the sport and at the image of the NFL and its unique place in American life. New to the paperback ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • The End of Autumn

    Reflections on My Life in Football

    de Michael Oriard ...
    Much of Michael Oriard's education took place outside the schoolroom of his native Spokane, Washington, during "slaughter practices" on high school football fields. He was taught to "punish" and "dominate," to rouse his school spirit with religion, and to "tough it" through injuries, even serious ones. At the age of eighteen he entered Notre Dame and walked onto the football team, where studying ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD

  • King Football

    Sport and Spectacle in the Golden Age of Radio and Newsreels, Movies and Magazines, the Weekly and the Daily Press

    de Michael Oriard ...
    This landmark work explores the vibrant world of football from the 1920s through the 1950s, a period in which the game became deeply embedded in American life. Though millions experienced the thrills of college and professional football firsthand during these years, many more encountered the game through their daily newspapers or the weekly Saturday Evening Post, on radio broadcasts, and in the ... Leer más

    $28.49 USD

  • Bowled Over

    Big-Time College Football from the Sixties to the BCS Era

    de Michael Oriard ...
    In this compellingly argued and deeply personal book, respected sports historian Michael Oriard — who was himself a former second-team All-American at Notre Dame — explores a wide range of trends that have changed the face of big-time college football and transformed the role of the student-athlete.Oriard considers such issues as the politicization of football in the 1960s and the implications of ... Leer más

    $18.99 USD

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  • America's Game

    de Michael MacCambridge ...
    It’s difficult to imagine today—when the Super Bowl has virtually become a national holiday and the National Football League is the country’s dominant sports entity—but pro football was once a ramshackle afterthought on the margins of the American sports landscape. In the span of a single generation in postwar America, the game charted an extraordinary rise in popularity, becoming a smartly ... Leer más

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  • The Dallas Cowboys

    The Outrageous History of the Biggest, Loudest, Most Hated, Best Loved Football Team in America

    de Joe Nick Patoski ...
    The definitive, must-have account of the all-time players, coaches, locker rooms and boardrooms that made the Dallas Cowboys "America's Team."Since 1960, the Cowboys have never been just about football. From their ego-driven owner and high-profile players to their state-of-the-art stadium and iconic cheerleaders, the Cowboys have become a staple of both football and American culture since the ... Leer más

    $12.99 USD

  • Their Life's Work

    The Brotherhood of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers, Then and Now

    de Gary M. Pomerantz ...
    “The definitive book of the 1970s Pittsburgh Steelers” (Scott Brown, ESPN), Their Life’s Work is a triumphant yet intimate literary sports book that—through exquisite reportage, love, and honesty—tells the full story of the best team to ever play the game.The Pittsburgh Steelers of the 1970s won an unprecedented and unmatched four Super Bowls in six years. A dozen of those Steelers players, ... Leer más

    $15.99 USD

  • WE'RE MAN UNITED, We do what we want!

    From The Terraces

    de John McCoist ...
    Manchester United are the biggest and best supported football club in the world. This book is all about the anthems and rivalries straight from the terraces of Old Trafford, a must for any Manchester United Fan no matter where you are on the globe. ... Leer más

    $5.99 USD

  • The Heisman

    Great American Stories of the Men Who Won

    de Bill Pennington ...
    Close your eyes and picture theHeisman Trophy. The form is easyto conjure, a graceful, fluid posethat is football past and football presentin one dignified figure ...The story of the Heisman Trophyis an american epic.-- from the PrefaceNo sport in America can match the pageantry, raw emotion, and thrilling tradition of college football. It is a world in which a twenty-year-old kid can become a ... Leer más

    $14.99 USD o gratis con Kobo Plus

  • 1933

    Football at the Depth of the Great Depression

    de Mark C. Bodanza ...
    In 1933, America was in the midst of the Great Depression. The depth of despair created in the American people earned the panic a singular place in the history of the nations economic turmoil. Football, a uniquely American game, weathered these hard times, adapted, and made some of the pain a little easier to endure. In 1933, author Mark C. Bodanza examines the important role football played in ... Leer más

    $8.99 USD

  • War Without Death

    A Year of Extreme Competition in Pro Football

    de Mark Maske ...
    In this masterpiece of sports reportage, Washington Post staff writer Mark Maske--one of the most respected journalists working both on and off the field--draws on unprecedented access to produce a behind-the-scenes look at the NFL's bitterest rivals: the Philadelphia Eagles, New York Giants, Washington Redskins, and Dallas Cowboys.Relentlessly reported from the leadership level, War Without Death ... Leer más

    $6.99 USD