TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rosen,Joel Nathan
TI  - The erosion of the American sporting ethos: shifting attitudes toward competition 
SN  - 9780786429172 (softcover : alk. paper)
AV  - GV706.3 .R67 2007
U1  - 175 22
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Jefferson, N.C.
PB  - McFarland
KW  - Sports
KW  - Moral and ethical aspects
KW  - United States
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - History
KW  - Competition (Psychology)
KW  - Public opinion
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1; Contemporary sport in the broader social context --; 2; American sport and the traditional competitive ethos --; 3; Cold War era sport and the countercultural shift --; 4; Moral tensions within contemporary American sport --; 5; Youth sport in America --; 6; Self-esteem and youth in competitive sport --; 7; A developing gulf : sport, feminism, and anti-racism --; App; Major American sport attendance by sport
N2  - "This volume provides a comprehensive analysis of the nature of competition in contemporary American sport. Against the backdrop of athletic competition, this work traces American sport from its traditional place in American culture to the influence of the 1960s counterculture and the resulting rise of a post-Cold War ethos that continues to reinterpret competitiveness as a relic of a misbegotten past and anathema to American life."--BOOK JACKET
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