Prologue -- Muscular Christianity -- Professionalizing the amateur game -- The Negro leagues -- Early collegiate basketball -- The growth of the women's game -- Mid-century scandal -- The birth of the NBA -- Integration -- Race and civil rights -- The ABA and the merger -- Magic and Larry -- The Jordan rules -- College basketball at the millennium -- The rise of women's basketball -- The NBA in the twenty-first century -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"From its nineteenth-century roots to its position today as a global symbol of American culture, basketball has been a force in American society. This book presents the first cultural history of the sport from the street to the highest levels of professional men's and women's competition, chronicling the relationship between the sport and American society"-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.