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Circus Life
Performing and Laboring Under America's Big Top Shows, 1830–1920
Inbunden, 2018
676 kr
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The nineteenth century saw the American circus move from a reviled and rejected form of entertainment to the “Greatest Show on Earth.” Circus Life by Micah D. Childress looks at this transition from the perspective of the people who owned and worked in circuses and how they responded to the new …
Pinstripe Nation
The New York Yankees in American Culture
Inbunden, 2018
458 kr
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Whether loved or reviled, the New York Yankees have had an impact on American culture that extends well beyond baseball. Since the early twentieth century, movies, novels, memoirs, pop songs, and even TV sitcoms have either dealt directly with the Bronx club and its star players or incorporated key …
1968
A Pivotal Moment in American Sports
Inbunden, 2019
356 kr
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Opening with Vince Lombardi's last win as coach of the Packers in Super Bowl II and closing with Joe Namath's Super Bowl III guarantee, James Nicholson delivers an original portrait of a sensational closing decade in American culture. Controversies on the field and in the ring reflected broader …
Soccer Frontiers
The Global Game in the United States, 1863-1913
Av Chris Bolsmann, George Kioussis
Inbunden, 2021
763 kr
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The early history of soccer in the United States has received relatively little scholarly attention. While the sport's failure to make cultural inroads has been the source of much reflection and retrospection, other pastimes such as baseball, basketball, and American football have been covered far …
Spirit and Sport
Religion and the Fragile Athletic Body in Popular Culture
Av Sean O'Neil
Inbunden, 2022
601 kr
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In Spirit and Sport: Religion and the Fragile Athletic Body in Popular Culture, Sean O’Neil studies the intersectionality of religion and disability as it exists within contemporary sports. To do so, he calls to the forefront various contemporary stories about trauma and disability—some fictional, …
Retro Ball Parks
Instant History, Baseball, and the New American City
Häftad, 2023
283 kr
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Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore opened in 1992 as an intentional antidote to the modern multiuse athletic stadium. Home to only one sport and featuring accents of classic parks of previous generations. Oriole Park attempted to reconstitute Baltimore’s past while serving as a cornerstone of …
From Sandlots to the Super Bowl
The National Football League, 1920-1967
Häftad, 2023
342 kr
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The National Football League that celebrated its first Super Bowl in 1967 bore scant resemblance to the league of its obscure origins. In its earliest years, the league was a ragtag collection of locally supported small-town teams that generated attention only in the locales in which they played, …
White Ice
Race and the Making of Atlanta Hockey
Inbunden, 2024
628 kr
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Having skyrocketed from six to fourteen teams between 1966 and 1970, leaders of the National Hockey League had planned to wait a few more years before expanding any further. But as its rivalry with the World Hockey Association intensified, competition for markets rose, and the race for continued …
Grizzlies Migrate to Memphis
From Vancouver Failure to Southern Success
Inbunden, 2023
356 kr
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Following the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona and the success and celebrity of the Dream Team, the NBA became a global sensation. Around the same time, and despite ardent warnings from his parents, Arthur Griffiths purchased an NBA team that would become the expansion Vancouver Grizzlies. Who better to …
Memphis Hoops
Race and Basketball in the Bluff City,1968-1997
Häftad, 2023
352 kr
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Memphis Hoops tells the story of basketball in Tennessee’s southwestern-most metropolis following the 1968 assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. Keith Brian Wood examines the city through the lens of the Memphis State University basketball team and its star player-turned-coach Larry Finch. Finch, …
Ball in My Hands
Essays on Black Athletes, Race, and American Culture
Häftad, 2025
342 kr
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When David K. Wiggins released his first anthology of previously published essays on race and sport in 1997, African American athletes were receiving more popular interest and scholarly attention. The growth of sport history as an academic discipline, combined with an increased interest in Black …
Retro Ball Parks
Instant History, Baseball, New American City
Inbunden, 2005
343 kr
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Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore opened in 1992 as an intentional antidote to the modern multiuse athletic stadium. Home to only one sport and featuring accents of classic parks of previous generations. Oriole Park attempted to reconstitute Baltimore’s past while serving as a cornerstone of …
Dixieball
Race and Professional Basketball in the Deep South, 1947–1979
Inbunden, 2019
425 kr
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Memphis Hoops
Race and Basketball in the Bluff City,1968-1997
Inbunden, 2021
410 kr
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Memphis Hoops tells the story of basketball in Tennessee’s southwestern-most metropolis following the 1968 assassination of Marin Luther King Jr. Keith Brian Wood examines the city through the lens of the Memphis State University basketball team and its star playerturned-coach Larry Finch. Finch, a …
