DC Sports : The Nation's Capital at Play /

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Washington, DC, is best known for its politics and monuments, but sport has always been an integral part of the city, and Washingtonians are among the country's most avid sports fans. DC Sports gathers seventeen essays examining the history of sport in the nation's capital, from turn-of-th...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Wiggins, David Kenneth, 1951- (Editor ), Elzey, Chris (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore, Maryland : Project Muse, 2015
Colección:Sport, culture & society.
Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Sports > Washington (D.C.) > History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • The extraordinary history of cycling and bike racing in Washington, DC / John Bloom
  • Less than monumental : the sad history of sports venues in Washington, DC / Ryan A. Swanson
  • The biggest "classic" of them all : the Howard and Lincoln Thanksgiving Day football games, 1919-29 / David K. Wiggins
  • Teeing off against Jim Crow : Black golf and its early development in Washington, DC / Marvin P. Dawkins and Jomills Henry Braddock II
  • Shirley Povich and the tee shot that helped launch DC sportswriting / Dennis Gildea
  • Between the lines : women's sports and the press in Washington, DC / Claire M. Williams and Sarah K. Fields
  • Exercising civil rights : public recreation and racial segregation in Washington, DC, 1900-49 / Martha H. Verbrugge
  • "The greatest high school basketball game ever played" : Dematha vs. Power Memorial, 1965 / Chad Carlson
  • Whips, darts, and dips : the rollercoaster ride of men's professional soccer in Washington, DC / Charles Parrish and John Nauright
  • Uniting a divided city : the 1969 Washington Senators / Stephen J. Walker
  • George Allen, Richard Nixon, and the Washington Redskins : the drive to win in an era of stalemate / Stephen H. Norwood
  • A little big man, a fat lady, and the Bullets' remarkable season / Chris Elzey
  • Assuming "its place among the ice hockey centers of the nation" : the Capitals and hockey in Washington, DC / John Soares
  • "The people's race" : the Marine Corps Marathon and distance running in the nation's capital / Joseph M. Turrini
  • Georgetown basketball in Reagan's America / Zack Tupper
  • Washington baseball fans : losers no more / James R. Hartley
  • Washington sports memories, personal and collective / Daniel A. Nathan.

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