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Windy City Wars: Labor, Leisure, and Sport in the Making of Chicago
Contributor(s): Gems, Gerald R. (Author)

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ISBN: 0810833050     ISBN-13: 9780810833050
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
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Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: October 1997
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Annotation: Traces how the assimilation process of various ethnic groups in Chicago was facilitated by participation in sports from 1830-1940.

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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | History
- Social Science | Sociology - General
- Social Science | Regional Studies
Dewey: 796.097
LCCN: 97012133
Series: American Sports History
Physical Information: 0.85" H x 5.77" W x 8.81" L (0.99 lbs) 280 pages
Themes:
- Locality - Chicago, Illinois
- Geographic Orientation - Illinois
- Cultural Region - Midwest
- Cultural Region - Upper Midwest
 
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Windy City Wars traces how the assimilation process of various ethnic groups in Chicago was facilitated by participation in sports from 1830-1940. Gems analyzes how factors of religion, social class, politics, and ethnicity played out in the context of the populations of Native Americans, African Americans, Anglos, Northern, Southern, and Eastern Europeans. Arguing that sport was (and is) one of the few areas of common interest in a city often torn by ethnic, racial, and political strife, Gems examines the process by which it came to serve as a new cultural bond among diverse groups. By 1940, the interest in sport and its American forms pervaded society, but held particular meaning for Chicago's population because of the special history and traditions of sport in the city. Windy City Wars is a fascinating case study of the development of a sports culture, its relationship to other forms of culture, and, ultimately, its important influence on the functioning of society.
 
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