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Summary:

"This work is the first comprehensive historical survey of intercollegiate athletics at American universities"-- [Provided by publisher]

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1. The creation of sports in American higher education
• Chapter 2. Building local, regional, and national programs, 1900 to 1929
• Chapter 3. Big-time football and backlash, 1929 to1942
• Chapter 4. The consolidation of control in college sports, 1941 to 1954
• Chapter 5. Civil rights, racial desegregation, and regulations, 1954 to 1973
• Chapter 6. Women's college sports during the Cold War era, 1945 to 1984
• Chapter 7. The ascendance of college sports business, 1970 to 2000
• Chapter 8. Keeping up with the Joneses, 2000 to 2012
• Chapter 9. Commercialism, conflicts, conferences, and COVID-19, 2012 to 2024.

Author/Creator:

Moyen, Eric Anthony, 1974- , author

Contributors:

Thelin, John R., 1947- , author

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

College sports: a history [by Moyen, E.A.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: College sports [by Moyen, E.A.] (Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024 — ISBN 9781421450094; LCCN 2024010342)

Subjects:

College sports — United States — History

College sports — Economic aspects — United States — History

College sports — United States — Management — History

College sports — Political aspects — United States — History

National Collegiate Athletic Association

General Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Call Numbers:

GV351 .M69 2024eb

ISBNs:

1421450100
9781421450100 (electronic bk.)

OCLC Numbers:

1470859573

Other Control Numbers:

EBC31228809 (source: MiAaPQ)
[Unknown Type]: ybp21324106