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9780815637271 Academic Inspection Copy
  • Horse Racing the Chicago Way

  • Gambling, Politics, and Organized Crime, 1837-1911
  • Chicago may seem a surprising choice for studying thoroughbred racing, especially since it was originally a famous harness racing town and did not get heavily into thoroughbred racing until the 1880s. However, Chicago in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was second only to New York as a center of both thoroughbred racing and ......
  • ISBN-13: 9780815637271 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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    AUD $104.00
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  • Local release date: 06/09/2022
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  • Categories: True crime [BTC]Horse racing [WSNB]Illinois [1KBBNC]c 1800 to c 1900 [3JH]c 1900 - c 1914 [3JJC]
9780815637417 Academic Inspection Copy
  • Horse Racing the Chicago Way

  • Gambling, Politics, and Organized Crime, 1837-1911
  • Chicago may seem a surprising choice for studying thoroughbred racing, especially since it was originally a famous harness racing town and did not get heavily into thoroughbred racing until the 1880s. However, Chicago in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries was second only to New York as a center of both thoroughbred racing and ......
  • ISBN-13: 9780815637417 (Hardback)
  • Publisher: SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRESS
    Imprint: SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY PRESS
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    AUD $197.00
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  • Local release date: 28/08/2022
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  • Categories: True crime [BTC]Horse racing [WSNB]Illinois [1KBBNC]c 1800 to c 1900 [3JH]c 1900 - c 1914 [3JJC]
9780252076152 Academic Inspection Copy
  • The Chicago Sports Reader

  • 100 Years of Sports in the Windy City
  • This book examines Chicago's long and glorious history of recreational and competitive sport, and as the home of the finest sporting events and most loyal fans in the United States. This indispensable collection surveys the essential events and main teams in the city's sports history--the Bears, the Cubs, the White Sox, the Black Hawks, and the ......
  • ISBN-13: 9780252076152 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
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    AUD $56.99
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  • Local release date: 16/03/2009
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  • Categories: Sport & leisure industries [KNSP]
9780252067754 Academic Inspection Copy
  • Touching Base

  • Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era
  • Now revised and expanded, Touching Base examines the myths as well as the realities, symbols, and rituals of ''America's favorite pastime.'' Steven Riess details the relationships among urban politics, communities, and baseball, exploring how debates over issues such as Sunday games, ballpark construction, and the promotion of the game were shaped ......
  • ISBN-13: 9780252067754 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
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    AUD $51.99
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  • Local release date: 13/09/1999
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  • Categories: Sport & leisure industries [KNSP]
9780252062162 Academic Inspection Copy
  • City Games

  • The Evolution of American Urban Society and the Rise of Sports
  • In this comprehensive and thoughtful look at the complex interrelationship and interdependency between sport and the city, Steven Riess shows how demographic growth, evolving special arrangements, social reform, the formulation of class and ethnic subcultures, the expansion of urban government, and the rise of political machines and crime ......
  • ISBN-13: 9780252062162 (Paperback)
  • Publisher: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
    Imprint: UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS PRESS
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    AUD $60.99
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  • Local release date: 16/03/1991
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  • Categories: Sport & leisure industries [KNSP]
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