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How Boston Played : Sport, Recreation, and Community, 1865-1915 /

How Boston Played is a double delight. It chronicles the birth of Boston sports from early Redstockings games and college rowing regattas, to the exploits of the "Boston Strong Boy," John L. Sullivan. Looking beyond just sporting events, though, it seeks to uncover the sources of the mania...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Hardy, Stephen, 1948- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Herlihy, Mark (writer of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Boston, MA] : Northeastern University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:How Boston Played is a double delight. It chronicles the birth of Boston sports from early Redstockings games and college rowing regattas, to the exploits of the "Boston Strong Boy," John L. Sullivan. Looking beyond just sporting events, though, it seeks to uncover the sources of the mania for recreation that swept the Hub following the Civil War. As How Boston Played illustrates, the rise of sport is firmly entwined in both the city's development and, more importantly, in a people's search for community. Originally published by Northeastern University Press in 1982. With a new foreword by Mark Herlihy.
Notas:Reprint of 1982 edition, with new foreword.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (290 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781555538750
Acceso:Open Access