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This book is a social and cultural history of sport in the US from 1850 to 1950. It consists of two parts: The Rise of Class Sport which discusses the early years of American sport and describes the development of organized sport between 1860 and 1920; and, The Prelude to Mass Sport which treats the initial democratization of sport on a large scale for participants and spectators alike from 1920 to 1950.