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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Quinn, Kevin G., 1961-     Subjects     Sports -- Social aspects -- United States.     Sports spectators -- United States.     Sports -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.     Sports -- Economic aspects -- United States.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Quinn, Kevin G., 1961-       by title:      Sports and their fan...         MARC Display

Sports and their fans : the history, economics and culture of the relationship between spectator and sport / Kevin G. Quinn. by Quinn, Kevin G., 1961- Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2009. Subjects Sports -- Social aspects -- United States.   Sports spectators -- United States.   Sports -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States.   Sports -- Economic aspects -- United States. Electronic Resource http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0905/2009002426.html ISBN:  9780786438020 (softcover : alk. paper) 0786438029 (softcover : alk. paper) Description:  xii, 259 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Contents:  Fans and dollars -- Politics, robber barons, and fans -- We are sporticus -- Spectator sports become big business -- Entertainment for the new century -- Depression, war, and diaspora -- Chadwick to Arledge to Patrick -- Feeding the habit and keeping the faith -- The community of the opium den -- Lies, damn lies, and fantasy sports -- Balance, schmalance -- Fans "kant" put up with cheating -- The end of the dinosaurs? Requests:  0 Summary:  "Exploring such topics as the role of sports in the creation of mass culture, cheating, the abuse of illegal drugs, the strange and fascinating role that numbers play in sporting events, and the future of spectator sport, this book surveys the outsized impact that sports have on American culture"--Provided by publisher.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 306.483 Qu Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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