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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPORTS IN AMERICA - A HISTORY FROM FOOT RACES TO EXTREME SPORTS, VOLUME TWO, 1940 TO PRESENT

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SPORTS IN AMERICA - A HISTORY FROM FOOT RACES TO EXTREME SPORTS, VOLUME TWO, 1940 TO PRESENT

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The second instalment of an authoritative two-part compendium of multi-authored essays giving a chronological account of the development of sport in the USA, with this volume covering the period from World War II to the early 2000s.

8vo. 301pp. Pictorial boards. Very good condition.

Date
2009
Publisher
Westport Connecticut: Greenwood Press
Author
Murry R. NELSON (Ed.)

£10.00 (Code: 91317)

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