City Games – The Evolution of American Urban Society and the Rise of Sports

City GamesThe Evolution of American Urban Society and the Rise of Sports\nAuthor(s): Steven A. Riess\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252062162, 978-0252062162\nSynopsis\nComprehensive and thoughtful,City Gameslooks at the complex interrelationship and interdependency between sport and the city. Steven A. 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 syndicates all interacted to influence the development of sports in the United States.