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Genre/Form: | History |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Kathleen Bachynski |
ISBN: | 9781469653693 1469653699 9781469653709 1469653702 |
OCLC Number: | 1089276692 |
Description: | xiv, 275 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
Contents: | The modern knight errant : nation, race, and the origins of American football -- We are not a nation of softies : youth football from the Great Depression to the Cold War -- Your men can smash through : designing and marketing football equipment -- The duty of their elders : doctors, coaches, and safety expertise, 1950s-1960s -- The rough and tumble : what counts as a football injury? -- Controlling hazards : insurance, data, and consumer product safety, 1930-1974 -- A clear conscience : setting helmet standards and legal responsibility for injuries, 1960s-1970s -- It's all we've got : community, education, and youth football -- This is your brain on football : the framing of a concussion crisis. |
Series Title: | Studies in social medicine. |
Other Titles: | History of youth football and the origins of a public health crisis |
Responsibility: | Kathleen Bachynski. |
Abstract:
From the untimely deaths of young athletes to chronic disease among retired players, roiling debates over tackle football have profound implications for more than one million American boys who play the sport every year. Kathleen Bachynksi offers the first history of youth tackle football and the debates over its safety.
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