TY - BOOK AU - Rosen,Joel Nathan TI - The erosion of the American sporting ethos: shifting attitudes toward competition SN - 9780786429172 (softcover : alk. paper) AV - GV 706.3 .R67 2007 PY - 2007/// CY - Jefferson, N.C. PB - McFarland KW - Sports KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - United States KW - Social aspects KW - History KW - Competition (Psychology) KW - Public opinion KW - Ethik KW - swd KW - Sport KW - Wettbewerb KW - USA N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-279) and index; Introduction -- Contemporary sport in the broader social context -- American sport and the traditional competitive ethos -- Cold War era sport and the countercultural shift -- Moral tensions within contemporary American sport -- Youth sport in America -- Self-esteem and youth in competitive sport -- A developing gulf : sport, feminism, and anti-racism -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Major American sport attendance by sport N2 - "This volume provides an analysis of the nature of competition in contemporary American sport. This work traces American sport from American culture to the influence of the 1960s counterculture and the resulting rise of a post-Cold War ethos that continues to reinterpret competitiveness as a relic of a misbegotten past and anathema to American life"--Provided by publisher UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0714/2007013022.html ER -