Tag: Steven A. Riess

Horse Racing the Chicago Way: Gambling, Politics, and Organized Crime, 1837–1911 by Steven A. Riess (Syracuse University Press) explores the role of political influence and class in the rise and fall of thoroughbred racing, as well as the business and social significance of racing. Our reviewer is cycling historian Duncan R. Jamieson, a frequent and diligent contributor to idrottsforum.org. Professor Jamieson shares some personal racing memories as a backdrop to his knowledgeable and appreciative review.

The purpose of NASSH is to promote, stimulate, and encourage study and research and writing of the history of sport, and to support and cooperate with local, national, and international organizations having the same purposes. The Forum Editor’s pick from the current issue: Speaking Up, Speaking Out, and Speaking Back to Feminism in Sport History: Fifty Years on at NASSH by Patricia Vertinsky.

Tobias Stark recenserar två böcker om amerikansk idrottshistoria, A Brief History of American Sports: Second Edition by Elliott J. Gorn & Warren Goldstein, och Major Problems in American Sport History: Second Edition av Steven A. Riess (red). Båda ät nyutgåvor av 90-talsböcker, och de klarar övergången till 2010-talet på olika sätt.

Mats Franzén Institute for Housing and Urban Research, Uppsala University Sporting dystopias. The making and meanings of urban sport cultures (Albany: State University of New York Press...