Making the American team : sport, culture, and the Olympic experience / Mark Dyreson.
Dyreson, Mark, 1959-
1998
GV706.35 .D97 1998 (Mapit)
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Title Making the American team : sport, culture, and the Olympic experience / Mark Dyreson.
Author Dyreson, Mark, 1959-
ISBN 0252066545 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0252023498 (alk. paper)
Publication Details Urbana : University of Illinois Press, c1998.
Language English
Description viii, 269 p. ; 23 cm.
Call Number GV706.35 .D97 1998
Dewey Decimal Classification 796/.0973
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-252) and index.
Series Sport and society
Record Appears in On-Campus Resources > Books
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