The History Of College Nicknames Mascots And School Colors

This book explains the history behind how colleges derived their nicknames, mascots, and school colors. Gary Hudson chose to focus the attention of his book on schools that have Division 1A Football programs, because all the athletic programs at those schools will also compete in Division 1A sports. Consequently, those schools tend to get more exposure in the media, thereby drawing more attention and curiosity to the college sports fan.

Nickname origins (Notre Dame Fighting Irish, Michigan Wolverines, Texas Longhorns, etc.), mascots, legends, stories, records, other fascinating details for 342 universities. Includes schools' athletic logos. For alumni, sports fans, students. Its strong visual design & entertaining text make it an attractive Christmas gift.

A collection of stories that explores the origins of nicknames for the U.S.'s most popular Division I colleges. Features the most unique nicknames in the country, fascinating historical information about the schools' mascots and traditions, and a complete reference section that includes the nickname of every Division I college in the country.

This volume provides unique insight into how American colleges and universities have been significantly impacted and shaped by college football, and considers how U.S. sports culture more generally has intersected with broader institutional and educational issues. By documenting events from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries including protests, legal battles, and policy reforms which were centred around college sports, this distinctive volume illustrates how football has catalyzed broader controversies and progress relating to race and diversity, commercialization, corruption, and reform in higher education. Relying foremost on primary archival material, chapters illustrate the continued cultural, social, and economic themes and impacts of college athletics on U.S. higher education and campus life today. This text will benefit researchers, graduate students, and academics in the fields of higher education, as well as the history of education and sport more broadly. Those interested in the sociology of education and the politics of sport will also enjoy this volume.

More than any other field in education, the social and cultural foundations of education reflect many of the conflicts, tensions, and forces in American society. This is hardly surprising, since the area focuses on issues such as race, gender, socioeconomic class, the impact of technology on learning, what it means to be educated, and the role of teaching and learning in a societal context. The Encyclopedia of the Social and Cultural Foundations of Education provides a comprehensive introduction to the social and cultural foundations of education. With more than 400 entries, the three volumes of this indispensable resource offer a thorough and interdisciplinary view of the field for all those interested in issues involving schools and society. Key Features · Provides an interdisciplinary perspective from areas such as comparative education, educational anthropology, educational sociology, the history of education, and the philosophy of education · Presents essays on major movements in the field, including the Free School and Visual Instruction movements · Includes more than 130 biographical entries on important men and women in education · Offers interpretations of legal material including Brown v. Board of Education(1954) and the GI Bill of Rights · Explores theoretical debates fundamental to the field such as religion in the public school curriculum, rights of students and teachers, surveillance in schools, tracking and detracking, and many more · Contains a visual history of American education with nearly 350 images and an accompanying narrative Key Themes · Arts, Media, and Technology · Curriculum · Economic Issues · Equality and Social Stratification · Evaluation, Testing, and Research Methods · History of Education · Law and Public Policy · Literacy · Multiculturalism and Special Populations · Organizations, Schools, and Institutions · Religion and Social Values · School Governance · Sexuality and Gender · Teachers · Theories, Models, and Philosophical Perspectives · A Visual History of American Education

In this splendid book, one of America's masters of nonfiction takes us home--into Hometown, U.S.A., the town of Northampton, Massachusetts, and into the extraordinary, and the ordinary, lives that people live there. As Tracy Kidder reveals how, beneath its amiable surface, a small town is a place of startling complexity, he also explores what it takes to make a modern small city a success story. Weaving together compelling stories of individual lives, delving into a rich and varied past, moving among all the levels of Northampton's social hierarchy, Kidder reveals the sheer abundance of life contained within a town's narrow boundaries. Does the kind of small town that many Americans came from, and long for, still exist? Kidder says yes, although not quite in the form we may imagine. A book about civilization in microcosm, Home Town makes us marvel afresh at the wonder of individuality, creativity, and civic order--how a disparate group of individuals can find common cause and a code of values that transforms a place into a home. And this book makes you feel you live there.

Buy this book! Why? Because it's awesome!No fan of college sports should be without COLLEGE NICKNAMES: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE. Not merely a listing of college nicknames, the book offers their comprehensive history, myths and lore. Chock full of anecdotes, stories, dozens of lists and trivia galore, even the biggest fan of college sports will find something new and interesting on every page.Chapters Include:The Nicknames: The Nickname of every four year college in the United States and Canada.The Definitive Lists: Every nickname is categorized into one of 39 different lists.Didja Know?: Fun and entertaining lists, facts and trivia.How They Got Their Nickname: How over 625 schools got their nicknames.Defunct Schools: Nicknames and stories for dozens of schools that are no more.The Best and Worst: No book of this type would be complete without Best and Worst lists.The Ultimate College Nickname Quiz:This is what some people would say about COLLEGE NICKNAMES--if they were still around to do so:Knute Rockne: "COLLEGE NICKNAMES is Gipperific!"Wilt Chamberlain: "I score COLLEGE NICKNAMES a 100!"Red Grange: "This is one Galloping Ghost of a good book."Paul "Bear" Bryant: "I'd trade in my houndstooth hat for a copy of COLLEGE NICKNAMES."Lou Gehrig: "These boys have hit one out of the park!"

This book expands on the argument that spectator sports, despite their problems, have become a central function of American universities.