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Football U. Spectator Sports in the Life of the American University

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ISBN-10: 0472112996

ISBN-13: 9780472112999

Edition: 2003

Authors: J. Douglas Toma

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The Big Ten . . . the SEC . . . the Final Four . . . sometimes it seems that American higher education is more about sports than studies. Not so, says this well-researched, evenhanded study of athletics in university life. Sports--particularly football--play a key role in defining institutions that might otherwise be indistinguishable and are an indispensable tool in building a sense of community on campus, as well as an important factor in mustering alumni and political support. While abuses exist, the "football school" is not only a legitimate member of the academic community but an inevitable one as well--and football provides much-needed identity at every level from the local to the…    
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List price: $44.95
Copyright year: 2003
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 7/23/2003
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 310
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.430
Language: English

Margaret Marsh is a professor of history and interim chancellor, Rutgers University-Camden. Wanda Ronner is a clinical associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. They are coauthors of The Empty Cradle: Infertility in America from Colonial Times to the Present, also published by Johns Hopkins.J. Douglas Toma is an associate professor at the Institute of Higher Education, University of Georgia.

Acknowledgments
The Name of the Game: Spectator Sports in Institution Building
The College Try: The Collegiate Ideal and the Landscape of Intercollegiate Athletics
School Colors: The Forms of Institutional Culture
Team Spirit: Community and the Substance of Institutional Culture
League Standings: The University as National Brand
Home Games: Local Involvement in the Life of the American University
Loyal Fans: Institutional Identification at State U.
The Football School: Institutional Image and Brand Equity
Homecoming Weekend: Motivating Institutional Advancement
Amateur Ideals and Commercial Realities: Understanding the American University and the Future of College Sports
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