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Allen Guttmann

Author of From Ritual to Record

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Allen Guttmann is professor of American studies at Amherst College.

Includes the names: Allen Guttman, Allen Gttmann, Allen Guttmann, Allen Guttermann

Works by Allen Guttmann

From Ritual to Record (1978) 35 copies

The Olympics: A History of the Modern Games (Illinois History of Sports) (1992) 25 copies

Women's Sports (1991) 19 copies, 1 review

Sports: The First Five Millennia (2004) 17 copies, 1 review

A Whole New Ball Game: An Interpretation of American Sports (1988) 17 copies

Japanese Sports: A History (2001) 13 copies

Games and Empires: Modern Sports and Cultural Imperialism (1994) 12 copies

Korea and the theory of limited war (1968) 9 copies

Sports Spectators (1986) 9 copies

American Neutrality and the Spanish Civil War (1963) 9 copies

The Wound in the Heart: America and the Spanish Civil War (1963) 8 copies

The Erotic in Sports (1996) 8 copies

The conservative tradition in America (1967) 7 copies

The Jewish writer in America; assimilation and the crisis of identity (1971) 7 copies

Sports and American Art from Benjamin West to Andy Warhol (2011) 6 copies

The Games Must Go On: Avery Brundage and the Olympic Movement (1983) 5 copies

Communism, the courts, and the Constitution 4 copies

Korea: cold war and limited war (Problems in American civilization) (1972) 4 copies

Women's Sports 3 copies

States' Rights and Indian Removal: The Cherokee Nation v. The State of Georgia (1965) 2 copies

Associated Works

Crowds (2006) — Contributor — 22 copies

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Sports: The First Five Millennia by Allen Guttmann

fascinating read, with a good dose of humor

jon1lambert 6,676 reviews

Women's Sports by Allen Guttmann

Has those great friends Mary Decker and Zola Budd on the front cover - so that famous incident is immediately recalled.

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Works: 20
Also by: 1
Members: 219
Popularity: #102,098
Rating: 3.8

Reviews: 2
ISBNs: 34

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