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Author:
Guridy, Frank Andre, author.
Title:
The sports revolution : how Texas changed the culture of American athletics / Frank Andre Guridy.
Edition:
First edition.
Publisher:
University of Texas Press,
Copyright Date:
2021
Description:
418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Professional sports--History--Texas--History--20th century.
Professional sports--History--Texas--History--20th century.
Professional sports--History--United States--History--20th century.
Minorities in sports--Texas--History--20th century.
Feminism and sports--Texas--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th century.
Civil rights movements.
Feminism and sports.
Minorities in sports.
Professional sports--Social aspects.
Texas.
United States.
1900-1999
History.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Introduction -- Sports in the shadow of segregation -- Spaceships land in the Texas prairie -- The outlaws -- We've come a long way to Houston -- Labor and lawlessness in Rangerland -- Sexual revolution on the sidelines -- The Greek, the Iceman, and the Bums -- Slammin' and jammin' in Houston -- Conclusion: the revolution undone.
Summary:
"The story of Texas's impact on American sports culture during the civil rights and second-wave feminist movements, offering a new understanding of sports and society in the state and the nation as a whole"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
The Texas bookshelf
ISBN:
1477321837
9781477321836
OCLC:
(OCoLC)1145901341
LCCN:
2020028196
Locations:
SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)
WAPD715 -- Sheldon Public Library (Sheldon)

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