TY  - BOOK
AU  - Vlasich,James A.
TI  - Horsehide, pigskin, oval tracks and apple pie: essays on sports and American culture 
SN  - 0786423978
AV  - GV706.5 .H67 2006
U1  - 306.483 22
PY  - 2006///]
CY  - Jefferson, N.C.
PB  - McFarland & Co.
KW  - Sports
KW  - United States
KW  - Sociological aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; The fireman and the mitt : the 1941 New York Yankees-Brooklyn Dodgers World Series; Bruce A. Rubenstein --; 2; Eight ways of looking at a Musial; Joseph Stanton --; 3; "Poosh 'em up, Tony!" - Italian Americans and baseball; Joseph Dorinson --; 4; Ichiro, Godzilla, and the American dream : Japanese players in Major League Baseball; Yasue Kuwahara --; 5; Tiger Woods : golf's modern catalyst for change; Donna J. Barbie --; 6; The masters on trial : culture wars over women members at Augusta National Gold Club; Tom Cook --; 7; "On the threshold of broad and rich football pastures" : integrated college football at UCLA, 1938-1941; Lane Demas --; 8; Holy war on the football field : religion and the Florida State University Indian mascot controversy; Arthur J. Remillard --; 9; New Orleans becomes a big league city : the NFL-AFL merger and the creation of the New Orleans Saints; Michael S. Martin --; 10; Weekend warriors : the survival and revival of American dirt-track racing; Daniel Simone and Kendra Myers --; 11; Racing's roots in the Virginia landscape; Brian Katen --; 12; Kickin' up dirt and puttin' down roots : Keith Simmons and NASCAR's Dodge weekly racing series in Eastern Iowa; David "Turbo" Thompson --; 13; The NASCAR fan as emotional stakeholder : changing the sport, changing the fan culture; Barbara S. Hugenberg and Lawrence W. Hugenberg --; 14; Marketing multiple mythologies of masculinity : television advertising and the National Hockey League; Kimberly Tony Korol --; 15; Social class and fishing : fly fishers vs. the other; John F. Bratzel --; 16; Ali's last hurrah; Pete Williams
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