Allen Guttmann

  • 9

    Catalog books

  • 7

    Works

  • 1986 to 2001

    Strongest span

Who This Author Is

Allen Guttmann has enough depth here to be more than a raw catalog rollup. This page pulls together 9 catalog-linked books across 1986 to 2001, which makes it easier to separate the strongest starting points from the noisier editions. The clearest lane here leans toward Backlist browsing.

Best for readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list. If you want the easiest first click, start with Games and Empires: Modern Sports and Cultural Imperialism and branch outward from there. UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1986 to 2001; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Columbia Univ Pr and Univ of Illinois Pr.

Best Place To Start

Author At A Glance

Best known for: Backlist browsing entry points • common used copies from Columbia Univ Pr and Univ of Illinois Pr

Genres and themes: Backlist browsing

Who this author is best for: readers who want a dependable place to start before opening the full catalog list

UPB note: the strongest documented run here lands between 1986 to 2001; the most common copies on this page tend to come from Columbia Univ Pr and Univ of Illinois Pr.

Top Books To Start With

  1. Games and Empires: Modern Sports and Cultural Imperialism

    Columbia Univ Pr • 1996 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1996 • 275 pages.

  2. The Erotic in Sports

    Columbia Univ Pr • 1996 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1996 • 256 pages.

  3. Games and Empires [Hardcover]

    Columbia Univ Pr • 1994 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1994 • 275 pages.

  4. Women's Sports: A History [Paperback] by Guttmann, Allen

    Columbia Univ Pr • 1991 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1991 • 339 pages.

  5. Sports Spectators

    Columbia Univ Pr • 1986 • standard commitment

    UPB note: one of the most common used-copy publishers for this author • year signal: 1986 • 236 pages.

  6. Japanese Sports

    University of Hawaii Press • 2001 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 2001 • 336 pages.

  7. The Olympics: A HISTORY OF THE MODERN GAMES (Illinois History of Sports)

    Univ of Illinois Pr • 1994 • standard commitment

    It stands out because it asks for less time than many of the longer volumes on this page.

  8. Olympics, a history of the modern games

    University of Illinois Press • 1992 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1992 • 191 pages.

  9. A Whole New Ball Game: An Interpretation of American Sports

    Univ of North Carolina Pr • 1988 • standard commitment

    UPB note: year signal: 1988 • 233 pages.

How The Picks Compare

  • The Erotic in Sports is the easier short commitment, while Games and Empires: Modern Sports and Cultural Imperialism asks for more reading time up front.

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