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Title:

In the game : race, identity, and sports in the twentieth century / edited by Amy Bass.

Publisher:

Palgrave Macmillan,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

273 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Racism in sports--History--20th century.
Discrimination in sports--History--20th century.
Sports--History--History--20th century.
Ethnic relations--History--20th century.

Other Authors:

Bass, Amy.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

"Richie" Allen, Whitey's ways, and me: a political education in the 1960s / Matthew Frye Jacobson -- In sports the best man wins: how Joe Louis whupped Jim Crow / Theresa E. Runstedtler -- Race and silence in Argentine football / Grant Farred -- Reading and rereading the game: reflections on West Indies cricket / Michael Arthur, Jennifer Scanlon -- Wa a o, wa ba ski na me ska ta!: "Indian" mascots and the pathology of anti-indigenous racism / David Anthony Tyeeme Clark -- Backfield in motion: the transformation of the NFL by black culture / Joel Dinerstein -- The harmonizing nation: Mexico and the 1968 Olympics / Eric Zolov -- Courtside: race and basketball in the works of John Edgar Wideman / Tracie Church Guzzio -- The stepping stone: Larry Holmes, Gerry Cooney, and Rocky / Carlo Rotella.

ISBN:

9781403965707
1403965706

OCLC:

(OCoLC)57285992

LCCN:

2004060108

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

ULAX314 -- Loras College Library (Dubuque)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

PMAX975 -- Morningside University - Hickman-Johnson-Furrow Library (Sioux City)