Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports
Edited by Sarah K. Fields, Thomas Hunt, Daniel A. Nathan, and Patricia Vertinsky
This series publishes original works, for both scholarly and general audiences that address critical issues in the fields of sport and physical culture studies. Topics of inquiry include, but are not limited to, sporting competition, fitness, exercise, bodybuilding, dance, active leisure, health, and high performance. The series is particularly interested in exploring the meanings of active bodies within their broader cultural and historical contexts.Sarah McGavick, Acquisitions Editor
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Sports through the Lens
Essays on 25 Iconic Photographs
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477330098
Pub Date: January 7th, 2025
Format: Hardcover
264 Pages
The stories behind and legacies of important sports photos from the last 130 years.
Astros and Asterisks
Houston's Sign-Stealing Scandal Explained
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781477327432
Pub Date: July 18th, 2023
Format: Paperback
280 Pages
An in-depth and multiperspectival look at the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal and its roots in the culture of baseball fandom.
The Olympics that Never Happened
Denver '76 and the Politics of Growth
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 9781477326459
Pub Date: February 14th, 2023
Format: Hardcover
342 Pages
A look back at how powerful politicians, business leaders, and a diverse cast of activists used a thwarted Olympics to shape the state of Colorado and the city of Denver.
Roller Derby
The History of an American Sport
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9781477323823
Pub Date: October 12th, 2021
Format: Hardcover
296 Pages
The dynamic and culturally complex story of roller derby, the only full-contact sport in the United States that has embraced women as equal competitors since its inception.
The Myth of the Amateur
A History of College Athletic Scholarships
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9781477322864
Pub Date: May 4th, 2021
Format: Hardcover
344 Pages
A deft examination of the controversy over paying men and women college athletes, which persuasively argues that, for all the NCAA’s insistence on amateurism today, college sports have never been amateur.
No Way but to Fight
George Foreman and the Business of Boxing
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781477319765
Pub Date: January 10th, 2020
Format: Hardcover
400 Pages
The first biography of the heavyweight boxing champion, preacher, and celebrity pitchman who fought his way out of urban poverty and through the venal world of prizefighting to make it in America.
Strength Coaching in America
A History of the Innovation That Transformed Sports
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 9781477319796
Pub Date: December 13th, 2019
Format: Hardcover
344 Pages
The first comprehensive history of the social shifts and scientific discoveries that transformed weight lifting from a scorned folly to the ultimate game changer for professional athletes.
Harvey Penick
The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 9781477315491
Pub Date: February 6th, 2018
Format: Paperback
368 Pages
This biography of legendary golf pro Harvey Penick, which won the USGA Herbert Warren Wind Book Award, reveals how he distilled a lifetime of coaching on and off the course into the best-selling sports book of all time, Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book.
Dopers in Uniform
The Hidden World of Police on Steroids
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780292759480
Pub Date: November 1st, 2017
Format: Hardcover
316 Pages
Breaking down the “Blue Wall of Silence,” this landmark book investigates the widespread, illegal use of anabolic steroids in major urban police departments and how it contributes to excessive violence in American policing.
Mr. America
The Tragic History of a Bodybuilding Icon
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781477322482
Pub Date: January 5th, 2015
Format: Paperback
473 Pages
Drawing on unique archival documents and fascinating interviews, an acclaimed sports historian delivers the first comprehensive examination of Mr. America, the iconic bodybuilding contest that honored ancient ideals while defining masculinity during the c
Sports through the Lens
Essays on 25 Iconic Photographs
Price: $45.00
ISBN: 9781477330098
Pub Date: January 7th, 2025
Format: Hardcover
264 Pages
Astros and Asterisks
Houston's Sign-Stealing Scandal Explained
Price: $26.95
ISBN: 9781477327432
Pub Date: July 18th, 2023
Format: Paperback
280 Pages
The Olympics that Never Happened
Denver '76 and the Politics of Growth
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 9781477326459
Pub Date: February 14th, 2023
Format: Hardcover
342 Pages
Roller Derby
The History of an American Sport
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9781477323823
Pub Date: October 12th, 2021
Format: Hardcover
296 Pages
The Myth of the Amateur
A History of College Athletic Scholarships
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 9781477322864
Pub Date: May 4th, 2021
Format: Hardcover
344 Pages
No Way but to Fight
George Foreman and the Business of Boxing
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781477319765
Pub Date: January 10th, 2020
Format: Hardcover
400 Pages
Strength Coaching in America
A History of the Innovation That Transformed Sports
Price: $40.00
ISBN: 9781477319796
Pub Date: December 13th, 2019
Format: Hardcover
344 Pages
Harvey Penick
The Life and Wisdom of the Man Who Wrote the Book on Golf
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 9781477315491
Pub Date: February 6th, 2018
Format: Paperback
368 Pages
Dopers in Uniform
The Hidden World of Police on Steroids
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9780292759480
Pub Date: November 1st, 2017
Format: Hardcover
316 Pages
Mr. America
The Tragic History of a Bodybuilding Icon
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9781477322482
Pub Date: January 5th, 2015
Format: Paperback
473 Pages