Steven A. Riess
Author · 5 books
A leading authority on the history of sports in modern America, Steven A. Riess is the former the Bernard Brommel Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of History at Northeastern Illinois University. A graduate of New York University, he earned his masters and doctorate degrees at the University of Chicago.
Series
Books
Touching Base
Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era
1980
Major Problems in American Sport History
1996
Sport in Industrial America
1850 - 1920
1995
The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime
Horse Racing, Politics, and Organized Crime in New York 1865-1913
2011
City Games
The Evolution of American Urban Society and the Rise of Sports
1989
