Golf and the American Country Club

by Richard J. Moss

Book Overview

Often seen as anti-egalitarian and elitist, the country club has provoked strong responses since its initial appearance in the late 1800s. Golf, another elitist identifier, was commonly dismissed as a pseudo-sport or even unmanly. Where and how had the country club and the game of golf taken root in the United States? How had the manicured order of the golf course become a cultural site that elicited both strong loyalties and harsh criticism?

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 025202642X
• ISBN13: 9780252026423
• Release Date: April 2001
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 2.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"