MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE

History 3067/5067                                               Mr. Bowling

Topics in American Sports History                   Spring, 2007

  Books:

	David Block, Baseball Before We Knew It; A    Search for the Roots of the Game (Lincoln,    2005).
	Patricia Campbell Warner, When the Girls    Came Out to Play; The Birth of American    Sportswear (Amherst, 2006).
	Bob Kuska, Hot Potato; How Washington &     New York Gave Birth to Black Basketball &    Changed America's Game Forever    (Charlottesville, 2004).
	David Margolick, Beyond Glory: Joe Louis vs.    Max Schmeling, & a World on the Brink    (New York, 2005).
	James Johnson, The Wow Boys: A Coach, A    Team, & a Turning Point in College Football    (Lincoln, 2006).
	John Strege, When War Played Through; Golf    During World War II (New York, 2005).
	John Lombardo, A Fire to Win; The Life &    Times of Woody Hayes (New York, 2005).
	John Taylor, Rivalry: Bill Russell, Wilt    Chamberlain, & the Golden Age of    Basketball (New York, 2005).
	Welch Suggs, A Place on the Team: The    Triumph & Tragedy of Title IX (Princeton,    2005).
	Ed Willis, Rebel League: The Short & Unruly    Life of the World Hockey Association    (Toronto, 2005).
	Michael MacCambridge, America's Game; The    Epic Story of How Pro Football Captured a    Nation (New York, 2004).

Requirements:

        1.   Attendance  
        2.   Participation.  
        3.   Readings.  
        4.   Successful completion of two examinations.  
        5.   A critical paper, c. 15-20 pp. for undergraduates  
              (c. 25-30 pp. for graduate students), a complete,
              typewritten draft of which is due on March 22nd..  

Schedule:

Jan. 18            Homo Ludens

Jan. 25            Birth of the National Pastime

                          Block

Feb. 1              What's a Girl to Wear...While Playing?

                           Warner  

Feb. 8              Developing Naismith's Game

                           Kuska

Feb. 15            When Boxing Ruled the World

                           Margolick 

Feb. 22            Birth of the T-Formation

                           Johnson

Mar. 1               Sports during World War II: A Case Study

                           Strege

Mar. 8            M I D T E R M   E X A M I N A T I O N    

Mar. 15          S P R I N G   B R E A K

Mar. 22          It Happened in Columbus

                           Lombardo    

                             Complete, typewritten draft of paper   
                            is due.

Mar. 29            "The" NBA Rivalry of the Sixties

                           Taylor  

Apr. 5               "Title IX" & its Effects

                            Suggs  

Apr. 12             The Fate of a New League

                              Willis  

Apr. 19-26          NFL Nation

                               MacCambridge 

May 3              F I N A L   E X A M I N A T I O N