Tennis : a history from American amateurs to global professionals / Greg Ruth.
Tennis : a history from American amateurs to global professionals / Greg Ruth.
Tennis : a history from American amateurs to global professionals / Greg Ruth.
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Publisher
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]
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G 2021/1345
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Language
English
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Physical content
xii, 317 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Introduction: Tennis amateurs and tennis professionals -- Amateur Associations along the American Atlantic Coast -- The West Coast game -- The cause célèbre of the pioneering professional -- Depression-Era developments in amateur and professional tennis -- Wartime Southern California professionals...
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Publisher
Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2021]
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Place of Publication
Illinois
Date Published
[2021]
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Summary
"The arrival of the Open era in 1968 was a watershed in the history of tennis--the year that marked its advent as a professionalized sport. Merging wide-angle history with individual stories of players and off-the-court figures, Greg Ruth charts tennis's evolution into the game we watch today. His vivid account moves from the cloistered world of ni...
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Tennis : a history from American amateurs to global professionals / Greg Ruth.
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Sport and society
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-305) and index.
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©2021
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G 2021/1345
Record Identifier
74VKaVbRARLd
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaVbRARLd
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ISBN
0252043898
9780252043895
DDC
796.342
MMS ID
991024416513102626
