Golf and the American Country Club S. Ashley Kistler based on what we know

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Golf and the American Country Club S. Ashley Kistler based on what we knowIn this entertaining cultural history, Moss explores the circumstances that led to the establishment of the country club as an American social institution and its inextricable connection to the ancient, imported game of golf. Moss traces the evolution of country clubs from informal groups of golf playing friends to country estates in the suburbs and eventually into public and private daily fee courses, corporate country clubs, and gated golfing