How Boston Played : Sport, Recreation, and Community, 1865-1915 / by Stephen Hardy ; [new foreword by Mark Herlihy].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Book collections on Project MUSEPublisher: [Boston, MA] : Northeastern University Press, [2019]Manufacturer: Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2019Copyright date: ©[2019]Description: 1 online resource (290 pages): illustrationsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781555538750
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: 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.
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Reprint of 1982 edition, with new foreword.

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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.

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