David Welky
Biographic Data
| ID | 1348583 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David Welky |
| GIVEN NAMES | David |
| FAMILY NAME | Welky |
| SIGNATURE | WELKY D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Central Arkansas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 25 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 24 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
A Cultural History of Sport in the Modern Age . Vol. 6 of A Cultural History of Sport
A Cultural History of Sport in the Modern Age is the final volume of a six-part Cultural History of Sport series that traces athletic contests from antiquity to the twenty-first century. In it, volume editor Steven A. Reiss and a multinational team of eight writers undertake the daunting task of compiling a global survey of sport from 1920 to the present. Each book in the series employs a thematic approach, examining “The Purpose of Sport,” “Spor…
Peary’s Arctic Quest
Dead Tree Media
Dead Tree Media: Manufacturing the Newspaper in Twentieth-Century North America Dead Tree Media: Manufacturing the Newspaper in Twentieth-Century North America. By Michael Stamm. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. xviii, 353 pp. $49.95.) David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 106, Issue 2, S…
Ty Cobb
Book Review| October 01 2017 Ty Cobb: A Terrible BeautyTy Cobb, Baseball, and American Manhood Leerhsen, Charles. Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. Pp. 449. Endnotes, illustrations, index. $17.00, pb.Tripp, Steven Elliott. Ty Cobb, Baseball, and American Manhood. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. Pp, xxii+401. Notes, bibliography, illustrations, index. $36.00, cb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Ark…
Hollywood's America
Winning the War for Democracy
Book Review| October 01 2016 Winning the War for Democracy: The March on Washington Movement, 1941–1946 Winning the War for Democracy: The March on Washington Movement, 1941–1946. By David Lucander. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2014. xi + 320 pp. Illustrations, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $55 (cloth). David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas David Welky is Professor of History at the University of Central Ar…
The Grand Old Man of Baseball
Book Review| July 01 2016 The Grand Old Man of Baseball: Connie Mack in His Final Years, 1932–1956 Macht, Norman. The Grand Old Man of Baseball: Connie Mack in His Final Years, 1932–1956. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2015. Pp. xviii + 623. $39.95 hb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2016) 43 (2): 240–241. https://doi.org/10.5406/js…
The Colonel and Hug
Book Review| April 01 2016 The Colonel and Hug: The Partnership That Transformed the New York Yankees Steinberg, Steve and Lyle Spatz. The Colonel and Hug: The Partnership That Transformed the New York Yankees. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2015. Pp. xiii + 521. Index, illustrations, bibliography. $34.95, cloth. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sp…
Arthur Ashe
Book Review| July 01 2015 Arthur Ashe: Tennis and Justice in the Civil Rights Era Hall, Eric Allen, Arthur Ashe: Tennis and Justice in the Civil Rights Era. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. Pp. x+331. Notes, index, illustrations, essay on sources. $34.95 cb. David Welky David Welky Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2015) 42 (2): 253–254. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.42.2.…
When Baseball Went White
Gil Hodges
When Baseball Went White
Book Review| July 01 2015 When Baseball Went White: Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Dreams of a National Pastime Swanson, Ryan A. When Baseball Went White: Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Dreams of a National Pastime. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2014. Pp. xx+250. Index, illustrations, and notes. $29.95 cb. David Welky David Welky Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2015) 42 (2): …
The Bilko Athletic Club
Book Review| April 01 2015 The Bilko Athletic Club: The Story of the 1956 Los Angeles Angels White, Gaylon H. The Bilko Athletic Club: The Story of the 1956 Los Angeles Angels. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. Pp xxiii+301. Index, illustrations, and appendix. $38.00 cb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2015) 42 (1): 153–154. https://…
Tales from the Deadball Era
Book Review| April 01 2015 Tales from the Deadball Era: Ty Cobb, Home Run Baker, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and the Wildest Time in Baseball History Halfon, Mark S. Tales from the Deadball Era: Ty Cobb, Home Run Baker, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and the Wildest Time in Baseball History. Herndon, Va.: Potomac Books, 2014. Pp. xiii+226. Notes, index, illustrations, and bibliography. $26.95 cb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for…
The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression
Eyes on the Sporting Scene, 1870-1930
Book Review| July 01 2014 Eyes on the Sporting Scene, 1870-1930: Will and June Rankin, New York’s Sportswriting Brothers Bakker, Pamela A. Eyes on the Sporting Scene, 1870-1930: Will and June Rankin, New York’s Sportswriting Brothers. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 2013. Pp. x+217. Index and illustrations. $39.99 pb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of…
Two Pioneers
Book Review| April 01 2013 Two Pioneers: How Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson Transformed Baseball—And America Cottrell, Robert C. Two Pioneers: How Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson Transformed Baseball—And America. Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, 2012. Pp. xvi+271. Index and illustrations. $27.50 cb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (20…
The Rise of Spanish-Language Filmmaking
Journal Article The Rise of Spanish-Language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929–1939 Get access The Rise of Spanish-Language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929–1939. By Lisa Jarvinen. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2012. xvi, 211 pp. Cloth, $72.00. Paper, $26.95.) David Welky David Welky University of Central ArkansasConway, Arkansas [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google S…
On Any Given Sunday
Book Review| April 01 2012 On Any Given Sunday: A Life of Bert Bell Lyons, Robert S. On Any Given Sunday: A Life of Bert Bell. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009. Pp. xv+328. Index, illustrations, and bibliography. $35.00 cb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2012) 39 (1): 185–186. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.39.1.185 Cite …
Before the Curse
Book Review| October 01 2012 Before the Curse: The Chicago Cubs’ Glory Years, 1870-1945 Roberts, Randy and Carson Cunningham, eds. Before the Curse: The Chicago Cubs’ Glory Years, 1870-1945. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2012. Pp. 281. Index and illustrations. $21.95 pb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2012) 39 (3): 563–564. https:/…
The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York
Book Review| April 01 2011 1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York Spatz, Lyle, and Steve Steinberg. 1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010. Pp. xx+515. Notes, index, illustrations, and appendix. $31.95 cb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google J…
Rooney
Rooney: A Sporting Life, by Rob Ruck, Maggie Jones Patterson, and Michael P. Weber, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010, xxvi + 641 pp., photographs, notes, index, US$36.95 (hbk), ISBN 978
There You Have It
Book Review| October 01 2011 There You Have It: The Life, Legacy, and Legend of Howard Cosell Bloom, John. There You Have It: The Life, Legacy, and Legend of Howard Cosell. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2010. Pp. xviii+220. Index and illustrations. $80.00 cb, $24.95 pb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2011) 38 (3): 495–496. ht…
On Any Given Sunday
Book Review| July 01 2011 On Any Given Sunday: A Life of Bert Bell Lyons, Robert S. On Any Given Sunday: A Life of Bert Bell. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009. Pp. xv+328. Index, illustrations, and bibliography. $35.00 cb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2011) 38 (2): 334–335. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.38.2.334 Cite I…
Culture, media and sport
The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression
The Rise of Spanish-Language Filmmaking
Journal Article The Rise of Spanish-Language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929–1939 Get access The Rise of Spanish-Language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929–1939. By Lisa Jarvinen. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2012. xvi, 211 pp. Cloth, $72.00. Paper, $26.95.) David Welky David Welky University of Central ArkansasConway, Arkansas [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google S…
Dead Tree Media
Dead Tree Media: Manufacturing the Newspaper in Twentieth-Century North America Dead Tree Media: Manufacturing the Newspaper in Twentieth-Century North America. By Michael Stamm. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. xviii, 353 pp. $49.95.) David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 106, Issue 2, S…
Culture, media and sport
The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York
Book Review| April 01 2011 1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York Spatz, Lyle, and Steve Steinberg. 1921: The Yankees, the Giants, and the Battle for Baseball Supremacy in New York. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010. Pp. xx+515. Notes, index, illustrations, and appendix. $31.95 cb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google J…
Rooney
Rooney: A Sporting Life, by Rob Ruck, Maggie Jones Patterson, and Michael P. Weber, Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010, xxvi + 641 pp., photographs, notes, index, US$36.95 (hbk), ISBN 978
There You Have It
Book Review| October 01 2011 There You Have It: The Life, Legacy, and Legend of Howard Cosell Bloom, John. There You Have It: The Life, Legacy, and Legend of Howard Cosell. Amherst: University of Massachusetts Press, 2010. Pp. xviii+220. Index and illustrations. $80.00 cb, $24.95 pb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2011) 38 (3): 495–496. ht…
On Any Given Sunday
Book Review| July 01 2011 On Any Given Sunday: A Life of Bert Bell Lyons, Robert S. On Any Given Sunday: A Life of Bert Bell. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009. Pp. xv+328. Index, illustrations, and bibliography. $35.00 cb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2011) 38 (2): 334–335. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.38.2.334 Cite I…
On Any Given Sunday
Book Review| April 01 2012 On Any Given Sunday: A Life of Bert Bell Lyons, Robert S. On Any Given Sunday: A Life of Bert Bell. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009. Pp. xv+328. Index, illustrations, and bibliography. $35.00 cb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2012) 39 (1): 185–186. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.39.1.185 Cite …
Before the Curse
Book Review| October 01 2012 Before the Curse: The Chicago Cubs’ Glory Years, 1870-1945 Roberts, Randy and Carson Cunningham, eds. Before the Curse: The Chicago Cubs’ Glory Years, 1870-1945. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2012. Pp. 281. Index and illustrations. $21.95 pb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2012) 39 (3): 563–564. https:/…
Two Pioneers
Book Review| April 01 2013 Two Pioneers: How Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson Transformed Baseball—And America Cottrell, Robert C. Two Pioneers: How Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson Transformed Baseball—And America. Washington, D.C.: Potomac Books, 2012. Pp. xvi+271. Index and illustrations. $27.50 cb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (20…
The Rise of Spanish-Language Filmmaking
Journal Article The Rise of Spanish-Language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929–1939 Get access The Rise of Spanish-Language Filmmaking: Out from Hollywood's Shadow, 1929–1939. By Lisa Jarvinen. (New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, 2012. xvi, 211 pp. Cloth, $72.00. Paper, $26.95.) David Welky David Welky University of Central ArkansasConway, Arkansas [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google S…
Eyes on the Sporting Scene, 1870-1930
Book Review| July 01 2014 Eyes on the Sporting Scene, 1870-1930: Will and June Rankin, New York’s Sportswriting Brothers Bakker, Pamela A. Eyes on the Sporting Scene, 1870-1930: Will and June Rankin, New York’s Sportswriting Brothers. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, 2013. Pp. x+217. Index and illustrations. $39.99 pb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of…
Arthur Ashe
Book Review| July 01 2015 Arthur Ashe: Tennis and Justice in the Civil Rights Era Hall, Eric Allen, Arthur Ashe: Tennis and Justice in the Civil Rights Era. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014. Pp. x+331. Notes, index, illustrations, essay on sources. $34.95 cb. David Welky David Welky Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2015) 42 (2): 253–254. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.42.2.…
When Baseball Went White
Gil Hodges
When Baseball Went White
Book Review| July 01 2015 When Baseball Went White: Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Dreams of a National Pastime Swanson, Ryan A. When Baseball Went White: Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Dreams of a National Pastime. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2014. Pp. xx+250. Index, illustrations, and notes. $29.95 cb. David Welky David Welky Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2015) 42 (2): …
The Bilko Athletic Club
Book Review| April 01 2015 The Bilko Athletic Club: The Story of the 1956 Los Angeles Angels White, Gaylon H. The Bilko Athletic Club: The Story of the 1956 Los Angeles Angels. Lanham, Md.: Rowman & Littlefield, 2014. Pp xxiii+301. Index, illustrations, and appendix. $38.00 cb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2015) 42 (1): 153–154. https://…
Tales from the Deadball Era
Book Review| April 01 2015 Tales from the Deadball Era: Ty Cobb, Home Run Baker, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and the Wildest Time in Baseball History Halfon, Mark S. Tales from the Deadball Era: Ty Cobb, Home Run Baker, Shoeless Joe Jackson, and the Wildest Time in Baseball History. Herndon, Va.: Potomac Books, 2014. Pp. xiii+226. Notes, index, illustrations, and bibliography. $26.95 cb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for…
The Little Girl Who Fought the Great Depression
Hollywood's America
Winning the War for Democracy
Book Review| October 01 2016 Winning the War for Democracy: The March on Washington Movement, 1941–1946 Winning the War for Democracy: The March on Washington Movement, 1941–1946. By David Lucander. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2014. xi + 320 pp. Illustrations, appendixes, notes, bibliography, and index. $55 (cloth). David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas David Welky is Professor of History at the University of Central Ar…
The Grand Old Man of Baseball
Book Review| July 01 2016 The Grand Old Man of Baseball: Connie Mack in His Final Years, 1932–1956 Macht, Norman. The Grand Old Man of Baseball: Connie Mack in His Final Years, 1932–1956. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2015. Pp. xviii + 623. $39.95 hb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2016) 43 (2): 240–241. https://doi.org/10.5406/js…
The Colonel and Hug
Book Review| April 01 2016 The Colonel and Hug: The Partnership That Transformed the New York Yankees Steinberg, Steve and Lyle Spatz. The Colonel and Hug: The Partnership That Transformed the New York Yankees. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2015. Pp. xiii + 521. Index, illustrations, bibliography. $34.95, cloth. David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sp…
Ty Cobb
Book Review| October 01 2017 Ty Cobb: A Terrible BeautyTy Cobb, Baseball, and American Manhood Leerhsen, Charles. Ty Cobb: A Terrible Beauty. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2015. Pp. 449. Endnotes, illustrations, index. $17.00, pb.Tripp, Steven Elliott. Ty Cobb, Baseball, and American Manhood. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016. Pp, xxii+401. Notes, bibliography, illustrations, index. $36.00, cb. David Welky David Welky University of Central Ark…
Dead Tree Media
Dead Tree Media: Manufacturing the Newspaper in Twentieth-Century North America Dead Tree Media: Manufacturing the Newspaper in Twentieth-Century North America. By Michael Stamm. (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2018. xviii, 353 pp. $49.95.) David Welky David Welky University of Central Arkansas, Conway, Arkansas Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Journal of American History, Volume 106, Issue 2, S…
Peary’s Arctic Quest
A Cultural History of Sport in the Modern Age . Vol. 6 of A Cultural History of Sport
A Cultural History of Sport in the Modern Age is the final volume of a six-part Cultural History of Sport series that traces athletic contests from antiquity to the twenty-first century. In it, volume editor Steven A. Reiss and a multinational team of eight writers undertake the daunting task of compiling a global survey of sport from 1920 to the present. Each book in the series employs a thematic approach, examining “The Purpose of Sport,” “Spor…
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