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Traces the development of modern sports in nineteenth-century New York, including baseball, cricket, horse and harness racing, yachting, billiards, and boxing, and describes the emergence of national standards and commercial involvement
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A Sporting Time, Melvin Leonard Adelman
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- Released
- 1990
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- Title
- A Sporting Time
- Subtitle
- New York City and the Rise of Modern Athletics, 1820-70
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Melvin Leonard Adelman
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Released
- 1990
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 408
- ISBN10
- 0252061217
- ISBN13
- 9780252061219
- Series
- Rating
- 3.25 out of 5
- Description
- Traces the development of modern sports in nineteenth-century New York, including baseball, cricket, horse and harness racing, yachting, billiards, and boxing, and describes the emergence of national standards and commercial involvement