{"product_id":"sports-and-the-american-presidency-from-theodore-roosevelt-to-donald-trump-paperback","title":"Sports and the American Presidency: From Theodore Roosevelt to Donald Trump - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAdam Burns\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eRivers Gambrell\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald Trump's love of golf adds him to a long line of presidents who have a close association with sports. Indeed, golf might just be the leading presidential pastime, ever since William Howard Taft was photographed strutting the links against the advice of his predecessor Theodore Roosevelt. And it was Roosevelt, more than any president, who set the standard for linking the nation's top job to its favourite physical pastimes. \u003cbr\u003eStarting with Roosevelt's significant role in linking the presidency with fandom, advocacy of, and active participation in sports, this volume traces how occupants of the White House continued to develop these connections in various guises across the following century. Though historians have certainly not ignored such associations, the variety of case studies represented here provides a wider and more multidisciplinary selection of standpoints from which to assess the interactions between sports and the presidency than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplores the relationship between US presidents, sport and athleticism in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries This book presents an overview of the symbiotic relationship between US presidents and some of the nation's most popular pastimes. Starting with Theodore Roosevelt's significant role in linking the presidency with advocacy of - and active participation in - sports, this book traces how occupants of the White House continued to develop these connections in various guises across the following century for both pleasure and political purposes. Split into three thematic sections, the book approaches the topic from different but related angles to create a multidimensional portrait of the evolving relationship among the US presidency, sports and individual athletes, from the dawn of the twentieth century through to the Trump administration. Adam Burns is Head of History and Politics at Bristol Grammar School in the UK. Rivers Gambrell is a research fellow at the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdam Burns is Head of Politics at Brighton College, UK. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eAmerican Imperialism: The Territorial Expansion of the United States, 1783-2013\u003c\/i\u003e (Edinburgh University Press, 2017), \u003ci\u003eThe United States: Reuniting a Nation, 1865-1920\u003c\/i\u003e (Routledge, 2020) and \u003ci\u003eWilliam Howard Taft and the Philippines: A Blueprint for Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Tennessee Press, 2020). He has also authored several peer-reviewed articles and book chapters on the late-nineteenth and early-twentieth century US, including for the journal \u003ci\u003eSport History Review\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRivers Gambrell is a research fellow at the Rothermere American Institute at the University of Oxford. She is currently writing a book entitled \u003ci\u003ePigskin Politics: How Richard Nixon Reinvented the Presidency\u003c\/i\u003e. She holds a doctorate in History from the University of Oxford, a Masters in Liberal Studies and Certificate in International Development Policy from Duke University, and a BA from Flagler College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44428750913587,"sku":"9781399507950","price":175.05,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0693\/2191\/6467\/files\/N9fijVAL4Z9781399507950.webp?v=1781233053","url":"https:\/\/thereadinghousebookcompany.com\/products\/sports-and-the-american-presidency-from-theodore-roosevelt-to-donald-trump-paperback","provider":"The Reading House Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}