| Description |
1 online resource (1 online resource xv, 272 pages) : illustrations |
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text file |
| Series |
Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Note |
The text of this book is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No derivatives 4.0 International License |
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Open access edition supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities / Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Humanities Open Book Program. |
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Reprint of 1982 edition, with new foreword. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-264) and index. |
| Access |
Open Access Unrestricted online access |
| Summary |
How Boston Played is a double delight. It chronicles the birth of Boston sports from early Redstockings games and college rowing regattas, to the exploits of the "Boston Strong Boy," John L. Sullivan. Looking beyond just sporting events, though, it seeks to uncover the sources of the mania for recreation that swept the Hub following the Civil War. As How Boston Played illustrates, the rise of sport is firmly entwined in both the city's development and, more importantly, in a people's search for community. Originally published by Northeastern University Press in 1982. With a new foreword by Mark Herlihy. |
| Local Note |
Project Muse Project Muse Open Access |
| Subject |
Sports. |
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Social conditions. |
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Sports -- Massachusetts -- Boston -- History.
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Massachusetts -- Boston. |
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History. |
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Boston (Mass.) -- Social conditions.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books. .
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| Added Author |
Herlihy, Mark, writer of foreword.
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Project Muse.
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Project Muse, distributor.
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| ISBN |
9781555538750 |
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1555538754 |
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