دانلود کتاب Sporting Gentlemen: Men's Tennis from the Age of Honor to the Cult of the Superstar

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Cover
Half Title
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Figures
New Introduction to the Transaction Edition
Acknowledgements
Prologue
1. Introduction: Leveling Upwards and Leveling Downwards
2. The Anglo-American Amateur Tradition, the Making of a National Upper Class, and a Gendemanly Code of Honor in America, 1880–1914
3. The Rise of Lawn Tennis: The Harrow and Harvard Era, 1877–1887
4. The Expansion of Lawn Tennis in an Age of Innocence, 1887–1912
5. Class Complacency Challenged in 1912: The Sinking of the Titanic and the First California Invasion of the Eastern Grass Court Circuit
6. The Old Order Changes: Amateurism Becomes an Issue, the Davis Cup Goes Down Under in 1914, and the Championships Are Moved from Newport to Forest Hills
7. Two Philadelphia Gentlemen: William J. Clothier, Father and Son
8. Racism and Anti-Semitism: The Gentlemen’s Achilles Heel
9. William Tatum Tilden II: A Philadelphia Gentleman as World Champion
10. The Finest Five \"fears in Tennis History: The French Musketeers Finally Topple Tilden
11. Big Bill Tilden: A Gentleman Possessed by Genius
12. The Grass-Court Circuit Becomes a Melting Pot, and Perry Jones Leads a Second California Invasion of the Eastern Establishment
13. Gentleman Jack Crawford of Australia, and Fred Perry, the Last Great Englishman
14. Budge and the Baron: The Greatest Match of them All and the First Grand Slam
15. Indian Summer of a Golden Age: Riggs, Kramer, Gonzales, and the Pro Tour
16. Lean fears in American Tennis and the Reign of Harry Hopman’s Australians
17. The Great Revolution of 1968–1992: The Rise of Open (Pro) Tennis and the Decline of Civility
Epilogue
Notes
Index