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Wartime Basketball
The Emergence of a National Sport During World War II
Inbunden, 2016
409 kr
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Wartime Basketball tells the story of basketball’s survival and development during World War II and how those years profoundly affected the game’s growth after the war. Prior to World War II, basketball-professional and collegiate-was largely a regional game, with different styles played throughout …
When Basketball Was Jewish
Voices of Those Who Played the Game
Inbunden, 2017
342 kr
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When Basketball Was Jewish reveals, as no previous book has, the evolving role of Jews in basketball and illuminates their contributions to American Jewish history as well as basketball history. In the 2015–16 NBA season, the Jewish presence in the league was largely confined to Adam Silver, the …
Breaking Barriers
A History of Integration in Professional Basketball
Inbunden, 2018
515 kr
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Today, it is nearly impossible to talk about the best basketball players in America without acknowledging the accomplishments of incredibly talented black athletes like Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, and Kobe Bryant. A little more than a century ago, however, the game was completely dominated by …
James Naismith Reader
Basketball in His Own Words
Av James Naismith, Douglas Stark
Häftad, 2021
261 kr
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James Naismith invented the game of basketball as a physical education instructor at the International YMCA Training School in Springfield, Massachusetts. That December of 1891, his task was to create a game to occupy a rowdy class during the winter months. Almost instantly popular, the game spread …
Race and Resistance in Boston
A Contested Sports History
Av Robert Cvornyek, Douglas Stark
Häftad, 2025
449 kr
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Boston is a city known for its sports as well as its troubled racial conflict. But generations of Black athletes, teams, sportswriters, and front-office executives have exercised historic influence in Boston over the years as they advocated for racial integration and transformed their sports into …
Boston’s Black Athletes
Identity, Performance, and Activism
Av Robert Cvornyek, Douglas Stark
Inbunden, 2024
1385 kr
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Sport often mirrored the racial climate of the time, but it also informed and encouraged equality on and off the field. In Boston, the Black athletic body historically represented a challenge to the city’s liberal image. Boston's Black Athletes: Identity, Performance, and Activism interprets …
Boston’s Black Athletes
Identity, Performance, and Activism
Av Robert Cvornyek, Douglas Stark
Häftad, 2026
428 kr
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Sport has long been a stage where identity is contested, visibility is earned, and social change takes root.In Boston, the Black athletic body has historically challenged the city’s self image as a beacon of liberalism. Boston's Black Athletes: Identity, Performance, and Activism interprets this …
