Recent Scholarship
Sports and Recreation
Barnet, William C., “Inventing the Conch Republic: The Creation of Key West as an Escape from Modern America,” Florida Historical Quarterly, 88 (Fall 2009), 139–72.
Daniels, Colin J., and Aaron Brooks, “From the Black Sox to the Sky Box: The Evolution and Mechanics of Commissioner Authority,” Texas Review of Entertainment & Sports Law, 10 (Fall 2008), 23–55.
Embry, Jessie L., and John H. Brambaugh, “Preaching through Playing: Using Sports and Recreation in Missionary Work, 1911–64,” Journal of Mormon History, 35 (Fall 2009), 53–84.
Harrison, Felicia Barker, “‘Forget the Cowboys—We’ll Take the Indians’: The Red Earth Festival Movement, 1985–1987,” Chronicles of Oklahoma, 87 (Fall 2009), 336–59.
Leich, Jeffrey R., “New Hampshire and the Emergence of an American Ski Industry,” Historical New Hampshire, 63 (Fall 2009), 79–99. Heavily illustrated.
Rosner, Scott, and Deborah Low, “The Efficacy of Olympic Bans and Boycotts on Effectuating International Political and Economic Change,” Texas Review of Entertainment & Sports Law, 11 (Fall 2009), 27–76.
Sitton, Tom, “The Bannings on the Magic Isle: Santa Catalina Island, 1892–1919,” California History, 87 (no. 1, 2009), 6–23. Heavily illustrated.
Frank, Jerritt James, “Marketing the Mountains: An Environmental History of Tourism in Rocky Mountain National Park” (University of Kansas, 2008). Order No. DA3349893.
Lake, Stephanie, “Bonnie Cashin: Fashion and Costume Design ca. 1923–1985” (The Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design, and Culture, New York, New York, 2009). Order No. DA3351364.
Laurie, John, “Spring Break: The Economic, Socio-Cultural, and Public Governance Impacts of College Students on Spring Break Host Locations” (University of New Orleans, 2008). Order No. DA3346897.
Cutchins, Dennis, and Eric A. Eliason, eds., Wild Games: Hunting and Fishing Traditions in North America. (Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2009. xxii, 230 pp. $48.00, isbn 978-1-57233-670-4.)
Fink, Rob, Playing in Shadows: Texas and Negro League Baseball. (Lubbock: Texas Tech University Press, 2010. xxii, 165 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-0-89672-701-4.)
Green, Christopher D., and Ludy T. Benjamin Jr., eds., Psychology Gets in the Game: Sport, Mind, and Behavior, 1880–1960. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009. x, 313 pp. Paper, $30.00, isbn 978-0-8032-2226-7.) Citations to relevant essays can be found in “Recent Scholarship Online” http://www.journalofamericanhistory.org/rso/.
Levitt, Daniel R., Ed Barrow: The Bulldog Who Built the Yankees’ First Dynasty. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2008. xviii, 427 pp. Cloth, $29.95, isbn 978-0-8032-2974-7. Paper, $21.95, isbn 978-0-8032-2981-5.)
Lewis, Robert F., II, Smart Ball: Marketing the Myth and Managing the Reality of Major League Baseball. (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2010. xii, 165 pp. $50.00, isbn 978-1-60473-207-8.)
Perkins, Brett, Frantic Francis: How One Coach’s Madness Changed Football. (Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009. xviii, 509 pp. Paper, $28.95, isbn 978-0-8032-1894-9.)
Kroessler, Jeffrey, A., The Greater New York Sports Chronology. (New York: Columbia University Press, 2010. xiv, 320 pp. Cloth, $74.50, isbn 978-0-231-14648-7. Paper, $24.95, isbn 978-0-231-14649-4.)
Lloyd, Earl, and Sean Kirst, Moonfixer: The Basketball Journey of Earl Lloyd. (Syracuse: Syracuse University Press, 2010. xl, 142 pp. $29.95, isbn 978-0-8156-0946-9.)
For more citations in this and other categories, please consult Recent Scholarship Online.
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