# The Kingdom of Golf in America - Hardcover

by **Richard J. Moss** (Author)

For golf's true enthusiasts, the game is far more--and far more complex--than a simple hobby, commodity, or slice of the sports industry. It is a physical and mental place to be, a community. It has a history, a hierarchy, laws, a language, and a literature. And in Richard J. Moss, it has a chronicler.

From its beginnings in the northeastern United States in the 1880s, golf has seen its popularity, and its fortunes, wax and wane, affected by politics and economics, reflecting tensions between aristocratic and democratic impulses. _The Kingdom of Golf in America_ traces these ups and downs, ins and outs, in the growth of golf as a community. Moss describes the development of the private club and public course and the impact of wealth and the consumer culture on those who play golf and those who watch. He shows that factors like race, gender, technology, suburbanization, and the transformation of the South that shaped the nation also shaped golf. The result is a unique, and uniquely entertaining, work of cultural history that shows us golf as a community whose story resonates far beyond the confines of the course.

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### Author Biography

Richard J. Moss is John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History (emeritus) at Colby College and the author of _Golf and the American Country Club_ and _Eden in the Pines: A History of Pinehurst Village_.

**Number of Pages:** 400

**Dimensions:** 1.25 x 9.2 x 6.45 IN

**Publication Date:** June 01, 2013

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- **Price:** 39.95 USD
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