THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE DEMOCRATIZATION OF PUBLIC RECREATIONAL SPORT: NEW YORK CITY, 1933-43

This dissertation examines the relationship between federal work relief programs of the New Deal era and the democratization of public recreational sport in New York City. While sport historians assert the New Deal's important role in democratizing sport, their accounts are brief and frequently...

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Main Author: DAVIDSON, JUDITH ANNE
Language:ENG
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 1983
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI8401054