Author: Murray A. Sperber
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Category : College sports
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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The Health Reformer
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Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Languages : en
Pages : 614
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Onward to Victory
Author: Murray A. Sperber
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Category : College sports
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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Category : College sports
Languages : en
Pages : 578
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The Pacific Ensign
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Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Languages : en
Pages : 258
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Political Pamphlets, 1876-1888
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Category : Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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Category : Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Languages : en
Pages : 776
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Shake Down the Thunder
Author: Murray A. Sperber
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253215680
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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"Sperber. . .tackles the details, great and small, unearthing a treasure." —New York Times Book Review Shake Down the Thunder traces the history of the Notre Dame football program—which has acquired almost mythical proportions—from its humble origins in the 19th century to its status as the paragon of college sports. It presents the true story of the program's formative years, the reality behind the myths. Both social history and sports history, this book documents as never before the first half-century of Notre Dame football and relates it to the rise of big-time intercollegiate athletics, the college sports reform movement, and the corrupt sporting press of the period. Shake Down the Thunder is must reading for all Fighting Irish fans, their detractors, and any reader engaged by American cultural history.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 9780253215680
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 668
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"Sperber. . .tackles the details, great and small, unearthing a treasure." —New York Times Book Review Shake Down the Thunder traces the history of the Notre Dame football program—which has acquired almost mythical proportions—from its humble origins in the 19th century to its status as the paragon of college sports. It presents the true story of the program's formative years, the reality behind the myths. Both social history and sports history, this book documents as never before the first half-century of Notre Dame football and relates it to the rise of big-time intercollegiate athletics, the college sports reform movement, and the corrupt sporting press of the period. Shake Down the Thunder is must reading for all Fighting Irish fans, their detractors, and any reader engaged by American cultural history.
Onward Muslim Soldiers
Author: Robert Spencer
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1621571165
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
In "Onward Muslim Soldiers," the author of "Islam Unveiled" reveals why the threat of violent jihad is growing daily, despite America's recent victory in Iraq. Spencer uncovers the cause of global violence as he goes straight to Muslim sources
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1621571165
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 253
Book Description
In "Onward Muslim Soldiers," the author of "Islam Unveiled" reveals why the threat of violent jihad is growing daily, despite America's recent victory in Iraq. Spencer uncovers the cause of global violence as he goes straight to Muslim sources
Army Ballads and Other Verses
Author: Erwin Clarkson Garrett
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Category : Borneo
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Category : Borneo
Languages : en
Pages : 294
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Beer and Circus
Author: Murray Sperber
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 142993669X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Beer and Circus presents a no-holds-barred examination of the troubled relationship between college sports and higher education from a leading authority on the subject. Murray Sperber turns common perceptions about big-time college athletics inside out. He shows, for instance, that contrary to popular belief the money coming in to universities from sports programs never makes it to academic departments and rarely even covers the expense of maintaining athletic programs. The bigger and more prominent the sports program, the more money it siphons away from academics. Sperber chronicles the growth of the university system, the development of undergraduate subcultures, and the rising importance of sports. He reveals television's ever more blatant corporate sponsorship conflicts and describes a peculiar phenomenon he calls the "Flutie Factor"--the surge in enrollments that always follows a school's appearance on national television, a response that has little to do with academic concerns. Sperber's profound re-evaluation of college sports comes straight out of today's headlines and opens our eyes to a generation of students caught in a web of greed and corruption, deprived of the education they deserve. Sperber presents a devastating critique, not only of higher education but of national culture and values. Beer and Circus is a must-read for all students and parents, educators and policy makers.
Publisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 142993669X
Category : Sports & Recreation
Languages : en
Pages : 538
Book Description
Beer and Circus presents a no-holds-barred examination of the troubled relationship between college sports and higher education from a leading authority on the subject. Murray Sperber turns common perceptions about big-time college athletics inside out. He shows, for instance, that contrary to popular belief the money coming in to universities from sports programs never makes it to academic departments and rarely even covers the expense of maintaining athletic programs. The bigger and more prominent the sports program, the more money it siphons away from academics. Sperber chronicles the growth of the university system, the development of undergraduate subcultures, and the rising importance of sports. He reveals television's ever more blatant corporate sponsorship conflicts and describes a peculiar phenomenon he calls the "Flutie Factor"--the surge in enrollments that always follows a school's appearance on national television, a response that has little to do with academic concerns. Sperber's profound re-evaluation of college sports comes straight out of today's headlines and opens our eyes to a generation of students caught in a web of greed and corruption, deprived of the education they deserve. Sperber presents a devastating critique, not only of higher education but of national culture and values. Beer and Circus is a must-read for all students and parents, educators and policy makers.
Melodia Sacra
Author: Benjamin Franklin Baker
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Category : Anthems
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Category : Anthems
Languages : en
Pages : 440
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Scottish Agriculture
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 766
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Category : Agriculture
Languages : en
Pages : 766
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