https://www.historypin.org/en/hockey-as-a-national-identity/geo/41.929769,-94.519076,3/bounds/-28.349226,-139.519076,76.463854,-49.519076/paging/1 For my final project, I choose to focus on how Canada and the US have adopted hockey as part of the country’s cultural identities. My main argument is that, despite hockey being known
I have never looked at sports as a balancing factor in American society. Sure, it can bring the entire country together, i.e., the super bowl that brings in billions of viewers every year, but
Golf is a sport that many see as a luxury for the wealthy. It’s primarily played at country clubs where men can play a round and have a drink at the bar afterward. What
Ruck, Rob. Raceball: How the Major Leagues Colonized the Black and Latin Game. Boston: Beacon Press, 2011. Rob Rucks Raceball explores race’s role in baseball from the late 1800s to the present. During the
Out of all readings we have done in this class so far, this one is probably my favorite. After I read that Thomas Edison made Charmion and her famous disrobing act the subject of
In my opinion, this article is different from the others we have been assigned in this course thus far. It focused on how a sports column caused national discourse between two Latin American countries.
Baseball has always been “America’s game,” and like many things in America, it was built on the backs of marginalized groups both in and outside of the country. I believe many people associate early
When I was looking through this week’s articles, the one on wrestling in the south immediately caught my eye. Growing up in a thoroughly southern family, wrestling is a sport that was constantly brought
In the first article for this week’s readings, “The Early Evolution of Modern Sports in Latin America,” it really struck me how the author described the European intrusion of Latin America in the late
Heeyyyy, I’m Georgia, and I am a sophomore History major with a concentration in Public and Applied History. I am also minoring in Political Science. In my free time, I like to go antiquing,
