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

Tennis is a high-stakes game, played by prodigies identified early and coached by professionals in hopes of high rankings and endorsements

Author: E. Digby Baltzell
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 04/30/2013
Pages: 467
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.37lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.94d
ISBN: 9781412851800

About the Author
Baltzell, E. Digby: -

E. Digby Baltzell (1915-1996) was professor emeritus of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Protestant Establishment Revisited and Philadelphia Gentlemen.

Schneiderman, Howard G.: -

Howard G. Schneiderman is professor in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology at Lafayette College.