Pigskin Nation by Jesse Berrett PAPERBACK 9780252083327

Pigskin Nation\nby Jesse Berrett\nPaperback\nEnglish\n\nBrand new copy from BookCurl \u2013 the UK independent online bookseller.\n\n------------------------------\nBook details\n------------------------------\nAuthor: Jesse Berrett\nTitle: Pigskin Nation\nFormat: Paperback\nLanguage: English\nTopic: Central / national / federal government\nPublisher: MO - University of Illinois Press\nPublication year: 2018\nISBN-13: 9780252083327\nISBN-10: 0252083326\n\n------------------------------\nDescription\n------------------------------\nCast as the ultimate hardhats, football players of the 1960s seemed to personify a crewcut traditional manhood that channeled the Puritan work ethic. Yet, despite a social upheaval against such virtues, the National Football League won over all of Americaand became a cultural force that recast politics in its own smashmouth image. Jesse Berrett explores pro football''s new place in the zeitgeist of the 1960s and 1970s. The NFL''s brilliant harnessing of the.