They Will Have Their Game : Sporting Culture and the Making of the Early American Republic /
Kenneth Cohen.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part One. The Colonial Period -- 1. The Rise of Genteel Sport -- 2. A Revolution in Sporting Culture -- Part Two. The Early National Period -- 3. Sport Reborn -- 4. Prestige or Profit -- Part Three. The Antebellum Period -- 5. A Mass Sporting Industry -- 6. Sporting Cultures -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Index