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An engaging introduction to both the light and dark sides of sports and how they shape our world

Eitzen D. Stanley: Fair and Foul

Fair and Foul

Beyond the Myths and Paradoxes of Sport

PrefaceNew to the Seventh EditionAcknowledgmentsForeword by Michael A. MessnerChapter 1: Paradoxes of Sport: An IntroductionTheme I: Sport Is Fair; Sport Is FoulTheme II: Sport as a Microcosm of SocietyCommon Characteristics of Sport and SocietyVariation on the "Sport as a Microcosm of Society" Theme: The Super BowlVariation on the "Sport as a Microcosm of Society" Theme: What Football and Baseball Tell us About our SocietyOverviewParadoxes of SportPart I: Sport is Fair, Sport is FoulChapter 2: Sport Unites, Sport DividesThe Role of Sport in Unity and Division among NationsUnity and Division through Sport in the United StatesCaveatsChapter 3: Sport Includes, Sport ExcludesTitle IX, Participation, and OpportunityBarriers to Girls and Women's SportsMedia Coverage of Women's SportsImpact of Sports on Girls and Women, on SocietyConclusionChapter 4: Sport Is Healthy, Sport Is DestructiveSports and Girls and Women's HealthThe Destructive Aspects of SportConclusionChapter 5: The Organization of Youth Sport: Issues and ConsequencesTwo Fundamentally Different Forms of Play for Young ChildrenThe Dark Side of Adult-Centered PlayConclusionPart II: Sports as a Microcosm of SocietyChapter 6: Are Sports Played on a Level Playing Field? Issues of Race, Class, and GenderRacial InequitiesClass InequitiesGender InequitiesConclusionChapter 7: Media and Sport: Changing Sports, Changing MediaShifts in the Media LandscapeTelevised Sports as a Window on Reality or a Social Construction?Commercial InterestsSport as a Male PreserveTelevision as a Game ChangerConclusionChapter 8: Big-Time College Sport: Commercialized Sport Within AcademiaThe Case that Big-Time Sport Promotes EducationThe Case that Big-Time Sport Compromises Educational GoalsCollege Sport as Big BusinessSummary: The Contradictions of Big-Time Sport in AcademiaChapter 9: Professional Sports Franchises: Public Teams, Private BusinessesProfessional Sport as a MonopolyPublic Subsidies to Professional Team FranchisesThe Rationale for Public Subsidization of Professional Sports TeamsAn Alternative StructureChapter 10: The Challenge: Changing SportIs Change Possible?Should We Change Sport?How Do We Go About Making Changes?IndexAbout the Authors

Winner of the 2024 National Book Critics Circle Award in Nonfiction • Winner of the 2024 Kirkus Nonfiction Prize • Shortlisted for the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction • A New York Times Notable Book of 2024 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “Stunning…A heart-pounding thriller…Challenger is a remarkable book.” —The Atlantic • “Devastating…A universal story that transcends time.” —The New York Times • “Dramatic…a moving narrative.” —The Wall Street Journal From the New York Times bestselling author of Midnight in Chernobyl comes the definitive, “compelling, and exhaustively researched” (The Washington Post) minute-by-minute account of the Challenger disaster, based on fascinating and new archival research—a riveting history that reads like a thriller. On January 28, 1986, just seventy-three seconds into flight, the space shuttle Challenger broke apart over the Atlantic Ocean, killing all seven people on board. Millions of Americans witnessed the tragic deaths of the crew, which included New Hampshire schoolteacher Christa McAuliffe. Like the assassination of JFK, the Challenger disaster is a defining moment in 20th-century history—one that forever changed the way America thought of itself and its optimistic view of the future. Yet the full story of what happened, and why, has never been told. Based on extensive archival research and metic­ulous, original reporting, Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space follows a handful of central protagonists—including each of the seven members of the doomed crew—through the years leading up to the accident, and offers a detailed account of the tragedy itself and the inves­tigation afterward. It’s a compelling tale of ambition and ingenuity undermined by political cynicism and cost-cutting in the interests of burnishing national prestige; of hubris and heroism; and of an investigation driven by leakers and whistleblowers determined to bring the truth to light. Throughout, there are the ominous warning signs of a tragedy to come, recognized but then ignored, and later hidden from the public. Higginbotham reveals the history of the shuttle program and the lives of men and women whose stories have been overshadowed by the disaster, as well as the designers, engineers, and test pilots who struggled against the odds to get the first shuttle into space. A masterful blend of riveting human drama and fascinating and absorbing science, Challenger identifies a turning point in history—and brings to life an even more complex and astonishing story than we remember.

A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

Challenger

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KINO - The Russian and Soviet Cinema

Observing the Body in Physical and Visual Culture

Soviet Spectatorship

Alan Opts Out

How Football Shirts Explain Global Politics, Money and Power

More Than A Shirt

The Story of the American Indian

From the Past to the Present

The Story of the Crow Indians

Debates in Archaeology

The Archaeology and Politics of Mobility

Negotiating Migrations

Story Lake

the heart-poundingly romantic new novel from the Tiktok sensation and Sunday Times and New York Times bestselling author of Things We Hide From The Light

Mistakes Were Made

How Americans Learned Not to Love Their Country and What Can Be Done About It

The Unmaking of American Citizenship

An Ode to Indigenous Heroes Past and Present

We Are Who We Are

In collaboration with the estate of Bill Traylor, this publication offers a comprehensive look at the self-taught artist’s distinctive imagery, which mixes subjects and iconography from the American South with a strong formalistic treatment of color, shape, and surface.Born into slavery, Traylor spent much of his life after the 1863 Emancipation Proclamation working as a farm laborer in rural Alabama and, later, as a shoemaker and factory worker in Montgomery. In 1939, at approximately the age of 85, having never previously trained or studied art in any formal way, Traylor began making drawings and works on paper using gouache and other media. Though he continued to make art for the remainder of his life, Traylor was most prolific between 1939 and 1942, creating a body of work that offers a unique and rich registry of his life, experience, and insights.This monograph weaves beautiful reproductions of Traylor’s works with essays by and conversations with his descendants, offering a unique and deeply personal look at this artist whose work exists in the collections of many notable institutions in the United States but whose story has never been fully told.

Bill Traylor

A Royal Governor, His Black Allies, and the Crisis That Spurred the American Revolution

A Perfect Frenzy

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