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Cornell University Press, 2017. This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside.This book has hardback covers. Clean from markings. In good all round condition. Dust jacket in good condition. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item,750grams, ISBN:9781501705496
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They Will Have Their Game: Sporting Culture and the Making of the Early American Republic Hardcover - 2017
by Kenneth Cohen
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- Title They Will Have Their Game: Sporting Culture and the Making of the Early American Republic
- Author Kenneth Cohen
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 336
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Cornell University Press
- Date 2017-12-15
- Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index
- ISBN 9781501705496 / 1501705490
- Weight 1.43 lbs (0.65 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.88 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 2.24 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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- Chronological Period: 19th Century
- Library of Congress subjects Popular culture - United States - History -, United States - Civilization - 1783-1865
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2017012929
- Dewey Decimal Code 306.483
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Hardback. New. In They Will Have Their Game, 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 Pairing previously unexplored financial records with a wide range of published reports, unpublished correspondence, and material and visual...
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