Richard J Moss

The Kingdom of Golf in America

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A unique, and uniquely entertaining, work of cultural history that shows us golf as a community whose story resonates far beyond the confines of the course.

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Richard J. Moss is John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History (emeritus) at Colby College and the author of Golf and the American Country Club and Eden in the Pines: A History of Pinehurst Village. ¿

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 400
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 164mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 726g
• ISBN-13: 9780803244825
• ISBN-10: 0803244827
• Artikelnr.: 36758248

Autorenporträt

Richard J. Moss is John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History (emeritus) at Colby College and the author of Golf and the American Country Club and Eden in the Pines: A History of Pinehurst Village.  

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1. From Nothing to Something
Chapter 2. Golf Literature
Chapter 3. Clubs and Courses
Chapter 4. Golf before the War
Chapter 5. Golf and World War I
Chapter 6. Golf’s Golden Age?
Chapter 7. Golf in the 1930s
Chapter 8. Golf and World War II
Chapter 9. Hogan, Snead, and Nelson and the Rise of the Modern Touring Pro
Chapter 10. The Golf Community in a New Age of Affluence
Chapter 11. Golf and the Age of Television
Chapter 12. Golf and the Two-Party System
Chapter 13. Understanding the Golf Community
Chapter 14. Against the Wind
Appendix A: Golf, Parks, and the American Lawn
Appendix B: Golf Courses in 1920
Appendix C: The in 1935
Bibliographical Essay
Index