[Read and download] Golf and the American Country Club (Sport and Society)
♥ Richard J. Moss ♥
| #3447200 in Books | 2001-04-12 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .84 x6.30 x9.33l, | File Name: 025202642X | 232 pages
||8 of 8 people found the following review helpful.| A book for the serious golf lover|By Louis S. Maisel|This is not a book with lots of pictures; it is not a book with the stories of great golf matches. This book is an excellent study of American country clubs and golf in this country--about how they began and how they have evolved. It is perfect for serious golfers, for those who really want to understand what country clubs||"The title of [Moss's] thoughtful and informative book precisely states his double subject: the evolution of golf as one of the most important American sports and the emergence of the country club as an important (and often misunderstood) social institution..
In this entertaining cultural history, Richard J. Moss explores the circumstances that led to the firm establishment of the country club as an American social institution and its inextricable connection to the ancient, imported game of golf. The founders of the early country clubs sought to counter the nationalization and standardization of American life by creating closed, controlled communities that reminded them of the village America being snuffed out by industriali...
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