{"product_id":"sport-in-industrial-america-1850-1920","title":"Sport in Industrial America: 1850 - 1920 (Riess - pbk)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\u003c\/strong\u003e: Steven A. Riess\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9780882959160\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding\u003c\/strong\u003e: paperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSection\u003c\/strong\u003e: History\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRiess examines the evolution of sport from its rural and urban origins as a less-than-respectable entertainment for the lower classes, through its antebellum upsurge when, with the development of a new sport ideology, it attained respectability-penetrating and finally remaking popular culture. Highlighted with colorful anecdotes, the narrative unfurls a pageant of celebrities and unknowns, players, spectators, and entrepreneurs-all engaged in the drama that is American sport.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"History","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":42712631607520,"sku":"Books:9780882959160n","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0628\/5911\/6768\/files\/51K8XPGXMPL.jpg?v=1772149455","url":"https:\/\/theswordandshovel.com\/products\/sport-in-industrial-america-1850-1920","provider":"Sword \u0026 Shovel (403)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}