Steven A. Riess (Books)

Steven A. Riess Books

Steven A. Riess is a leading authority on the history of sports in modern America. His work focuses on the pivotal aspects of sports that have shaped American society. He explores how sporting events and institutions reflect and influence cultural and social shifts. Riess's research offers profound insights into the intersection of sport, identity, and American life.

City Games

368 pages
13 hours of reading

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Comprehensive and thoughtful, City Games looks at the complex interrelationship and interdependency between sport and the city. Steven A. Riess shows how demographic growth, evolving special arrangements, social reform, the formulation of class and ethnic subcultures, the expansion of urban government, and the rise of political machines and crime syndicates all interacted to influence the development of sports in the United States.