Gerald R. Gems is professor in the Health and Physical Education Department at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois. He is the author of numerous books, including
The Athletic Crusade: Sport and American Cultural Imperialism.
24 Ebooks by Gerald R. Gems
Gerald R. Gems: Sport and the Shaping of Italian-American Identity
Gems traces the experience of the Italian immigrant and illustrates the ways in which sports helped Italian-Americans adapt to a new culture, assert pride in an ethnic identity, and even achieve soci …
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€44.99
Gerald R. Gems: Boxing
Sports fans have long been fascinated with boxing and the brutal demonstration of physical and psychological conflict. Accounts of the sport appear as far back as the third millennium BC, and Greek a …
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€38.40
Gerald R. Gems: Sport and the American Occupation of the Philippines
This interdisciplinary case study invokes historical, sociological, and anthropological means to examine the ascendance of the United States to a world power in its first imperial venture. In the aft …
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€102.85
Gerald R. Gems & Gertrud Pfister: Understanding American Sports
Since the nineteenth century the USA has served as an international model for business, lifestyle and sporting success. Yet whilst the language of sport seems to be universal, American sports culture …
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€31.98
Gerald R. Gems: Athletic Crusade
The Athletic Crusade is the first book to systematically analyze the role of sports in the expansion of U.S. empire from the 1890s through World War II. Gerald R. Gems details how white, Anglo-Saxon …
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€25.69
Gerald R. Gems: Before Jackie Robinson
While the accomplishments and influence of Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, and Muhammad Ali are doubtless impressive solely on their merits, these luminaries of the Black sport …
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€36.10
Gerald R. Gems & Gertrud (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Pfister: Understanding American Sports
Since the nineteenth century the USA has served as an international model for business, lifestyle and sporting success. Yet whilst the language of sport seems to be universal, American sports culture …
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€69.46
Gerald R. Gems & Gertrud (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) Pfister: Understanding American Sports
Since the nineteenth century the USA has served as an international model for business, lifestyle and sporting success. Yet whilst the language of sport seems to be universal, American sports culture …
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€69.46
Gerald R. Gems & Annette Hofmann: Games and Sporting Events in History
Games and Sporting Events in History offers a broad global perspective on sports and games in Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia. A diverse set of topics covers education, medicine, therapy, bod …
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€56.70
Gerald R. Gems & Annette Hofmann: Games and Sporting Events in History
Games and Sporting Events in History offers a broad global perspective on sports and games in Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia. A diverse set of topics covers education, medicine, therapy, bod …
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€56.70
Gerald R. Gems & Annette Hofmann: Global Perspectives on Sport and Physical Cultures
Global Perspectives of Sport and Physical Culture is a compilation of diverse essays derived from the works of prominent international scholars that address significant international issues relative …
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€56.60
Gerald R. Gems & Annette Hofmann: Global Perspectives on Sport and Physical Cultures
Global Perspectives of Sport and Physical Culture is a compilation of diverse essays derived from the works of prominent international scholars that address significant international issues relative …
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€56.30
Linda J. Borish & Gerald R. (North Central College, USA) Gems: The Routledge History of American Sport
The Routledge History of American Sport provides the first comprehensive overview of historical research in American sport from the early Colonial period to the present day. Considering sport through …
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€59.19
Linda J. Borish & Gerald R. (North Central College, USA) Gems: The Routledge History of American Sport
The Routledge History of American Sport provides the first comprehensive overview of historical research in American sport from the early Colonial period to the present day. Considering sport through …
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€59.11
Gerald R. Gems: Before Jackie Robinson
While the accomplishments and influence of Jack Johnson, Joe Louis, Jesse Owens, Jackie Robinson, and Muhammad Ali are doubtless impressive solely on their merits, these luminaries of the Black sport …
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€36.03
Gerald R Gems: Touchdown
An American Obsession is the first comprehensive guide to the history and culture of the sport, covering US college football as well as professional football worldwide. The editors and authors are am …
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€93.03
Gerald R. Gems: Sport and the Shaping of Civic Identity in Chicago
This study uses sociological and historical methodologies to analyze the role of sport in the formation of urban identity in Chicago. The author traces the transformation of Chicago from a frontier t …
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€45.04
Gerald R. Gems: Sport History
This is a fundamental text for the study of sport history. It answers the ‘why, ‘ ‘how, ‘ and ‘what’ questions, introducing the key principles and practices of sport history and walking the reader th …
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€23.21
Gerald R. Gems: Sport History
This is a fundamental text for the study of sport history. It answers the ‘why, ‘ ‘how, ‘ and ‘what’ questions, introducing the key principles and practices of sport history and walking the reader th …
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€22.97
Linda J. Borish & Gerald R. Gems: Sports in American History
Sports in American History: From Colonization to Globalization, Third Edition With HKPropel Access, helps students grasp the compelling evolution of American sporting practices. This text examines sp …
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€82.43
Linda J. Borish & Gerald R. Gems: Sports in American History
Sports in American History: From Colonization to Globalization, Third Edition With HKPropel Access, helps students grasp the compelling evolution of American sporting practices. This text examines sp …
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€82.63
Gerald R. Gems: Sports and Aging
2023 Choice Outstanding Academic Title In Sports and Aging a wide-ranging group of physically active people, including many scholar-athletes, fifty years and older, discuss sports in the context of a …
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€30.03
Linda J. Borish & Gerald R. Gems: Sports in American History
Sports in American History: From Colonization to Globalization, Second Edition, journeys from the early American past to the present to give students a compelling grasp of the evolution of American s …
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€70.42
Gerald R. Gems & Gerald R. Gems: Mental Health, Gender, and the Rise of Sport
Mental Health, Gender, and the Rise of Sport explores the historical role of sport in the prescription for mental and physical health through the epidemic of neurasthenia, a debilitating neurological …
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€45.05
