the nation's capital at play
Edición de la obra DC sports
| Autor | Chris Elzey, David Kenneth Wiggins |
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| Editorial | The University of Arkansas Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 2015 |
| Lugar | Fayetteville |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 399 |
| ISBN-13 | 9781610755665, 9781557286772 |
| ISBN-10 | 1610755669 |
| OCLC | 910915949, 908991302 |
| Serie | Sport, culture & society · Sport, culture & society (University of Arkansas Press) |
| Número de Cutter | E52d |
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Washington, DC, is best known for its politics and monuments, but sport has always been an integral part of the city, and Washingtonians are among the country's most avid sports fans. DC Sports gathers seventeen essays examining the history of sport in the nation's capital, from turn-of-the-century venues such as the White Lot, Griffith Stadium, and DC Memorial Stadium to Howard-Lincoln Thanksgiving Day football games of the roaring twenties; from the surprising season of the 1969 Washington Senators to the success of Georgetown basketball during the 1980s. This collection covers the field, in.