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Course Description: History of Sport in the U.S.
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Course Description: History of Sport in the U.S.

History of Sport in the U.S.

49-2656

Course examines the history of sports in the U.S., from the informal games of the colonial period to the highly organized, often commercial, contests of the present. Students study the impact of industrialization and urbanization on the development of the nation's tradition and explore issues of race, ethnicity, and gender in relation to social, political, cultural, and economic interests.

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