Book reviews

• Published in: The International Journal of the History of Sport 2000, Vol.17 (4), p.180-230
• Main Authors: Baker, Norman, Brichford, Maynard, Cammarata, Antonio, Chandler, Joan, Comeaux, Eddie, Gerlach, Larry R., Gietschier, Steven P., Hill, Jeffrey, Krause, Kent M., Lappage, Ronald S., Macdonald, Robert D., McGehee, Richard V., McMillan, Daniel A., Smith, Leverett T., Wise, Suzanne, Wrynn, Alison, Guttmann, Allen, Cox, Richard, Papalas, Anthony J., Schrodt, Barbara, McQuilkin, Scott, Merrett, Christopher, Darby, Paul
• Format: Review
• Language: English
• ISSN: 0952-3367; 1743-9035
• DOI: 10.1080/09523360008714154

Mike Huggins, Flat Racing and British Society, 1790-1914: A Social and Economic History (London and Portland, OR: Frank Cass, 2000). Pp. xv + 270, 25 illustrations, index. £39.50/$57.50 (cloth); £17.50/$26.50 (paper). ISBN 0-7146-4982-1; 0-7146-8045-1. Bill Mallon and Ian Buchanan, The 1908 Olympic Games: Results for All Competitions in All Events, with Commentary (Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, 2000). Pp. xx + 516, index. $45.00. ISBN 0-7864-0598-8. Randy Shaw. Reclaiming America: Nike, Clean Air, and the New National Activism (University of California Press, 1999). Pp. ix + 312, index. ISBN 0-520-21359-9. Mark Douglas Lowes, Inside the Sports Pages: Work Routines, Professional Ideologies, and the Manufacture of Sports News (Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1999). Pp. xiii + 126, index, bibliography. $40.00 (cloth); $16.95 (paper). ISBN 0-8020-4359-3; 0-8020-8183-5. C. Gaddy, An Olympic Journey: The Saga of an American Hero: LeRoy T. Walker. (Griffin Publishing Group: California, 1998). Pp. xiv + 265, illustrations, bibliographical references, achievements. $24.95. ISBN 1-882180-92-5. William Marshall, Baseball's Pivotal Era, 1945-1951 (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 1999). Pp. xii + 513, 81 photographs, index. $29.95. ISBN 0-8131-2041-1. Bob Allen with Bill Gilbert, The 500 Home Run Club: Baseball's 15 Greatest Home Run Hitters from Aaron to Williams (Champaign, IL: Sports Publishing Inc., 1999). Pp. x + 273, photographs. $22.95. ISBN 1582610312. Simon Rae, W.G. Grace: A Life (London, Faber and Faber, 1999). Pp. xx + 548, 30 illustrations, index. £20.00 (cloth); £9.99 (paper). ISBN 0-571-17855-3; 0-571-19573- 3. David W. Anderson. More Than Merkle: A History of the Best and Most Exciting Baseball Season in Human History (Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press, 2000). Pp. xxx + 285, 17 photographs, bibliography, index, $29.95. ISBN 0-8032-1056-6. Joanna Avery and Julie Stevens, Too Many Men on the Ice: Women's Hockey in North America (Vancouver: Polestar Book Publishers, 1997). Pp. 286, 62 photographs, 37 tables, index, bibliography. CANS 19.95; US$ 16.95. ISBN 1-896095-33-X. John Fizel, Elizabeth Gustafson and Lawrence Hadley (eds.), Sports Economics: Current Research. (Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers, 1999). Pp. xiv + 246, index, bibliography. $59.95. ISBN 0-275-96330-6. Frank P. Jozsa, Jr. and John J. Guthrie, Jr., Relocating Teams and Expanding Leagues in Professional Sports: How the Major Leagues Respond to Market