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They will have their game : sporting culture and the making of the early American republic /

"Kenneth Cohen explores how sports, drinking, gambling, and theater produced a sense of democracy while also reinforcing racial, gender, and class divisions in early America. Pairing previously unexplored financial records with a wide range of published reports, unpublished correspondence, and...

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Main Author: Cohen, Kenneth, (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2017.
Subjects and Genres:
1700-1899
Sports > Social aspects > United States > History > 18th century.
Sports > Social aspects > United States > History > 19th century.
Popular culture > United States > History > 18th century.
Popular culture > United States > History > 19th century.
Sports > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Sports > Aspect social > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 18e siècle.
Culture populaire > États-Unis > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY / Social History.
HISTORY / United States / 19th Century.
SPORTS & RECREATION / History.
Civilization.
Popular culture.
Sports > Social aspects.
United States > Civilization > 1783-1865.
États-Unis > Civilisation > 1783-1865.
United States.
History.
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Call Number: GV 583 .C6155 2017
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