Making the Majors: The Transformation of Team Sports in America
1996; Wiley; Volume: 63; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/1061194
ISSN2325-8012
AutoresBruce K. Johnson, Eric M. Leifer,
Tópico(s)Sports, Gender, and Society
ResumoPreface Introduction Pursuing Accomplishment Constraints on Accomplishment Challenges Ahead Laying the Groundwork The Summer Game A Fall College Game An Inner-City Game A Winter Game On the Eve of Major Leagues Getting Established The First Major League Building a Viable League Early Challenges The Early Prototype A Successful Challenge The Landis Years Overview of a Successful Prototype Attachment Failures Out of Canton Into the Midwest Across the Border Failure Reconsidered The Modern Prototype Television and the NFL Problems Facing Rival Leagues Organizational Innovations Persisting Performance Inequality Modernization Reluctant Modernization Late Modernization Persisting Localism Where They Stand Changing Ways Deal Making in the Past The Meaning of Deals Structures of Deal Making The Impact of Deal Making on Performance Pursuing Opportunities Publics and Performance No Place Like Home Game Outcomes Publics and Performance Inequality Publics in Perspective The Accomplishment Facing the Future A Strange New World Appendix: The Major Leagues Appendix: Statistics Brief Appendix: League Statistics Notes References Index
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