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UNINA9910461389503321 |
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Lamb Chris <1958-> |
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Titolo |
Conspiracy of silence [[electronic resource] ] : sportswriters and the long campaign to desegregate baseball / / Chris Lamb |
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Lincoln, : University of Nebraska Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-68765-7 |
0-8032-4020-1 |
9786613664594 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (414 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Baseball - Social aspects - United States - History - 20th century |
Discrimination in sports - United States - History - 20th century |
Mass media and sports - United States - History - 20th century |
Sportswriters - United States - History - 20th century |
African American sportswriters - History - 20th century |
Racism - United States - History - 20th century |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Cover; Title page; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Part 1; Chapter 1: White Sportswriters and Minstrel Shows; Part 2; Chapter 2: The Color Line Is Drawn; Chapter 3: Invisible Men; Chapter 4: ""Agitators"" and ""Social-Minded Drum Beaters""; Part 3; Chapter 5: ""L'Affaire Jake Powell""; Chapter 6: Major League Managers and Ballplayers Call for End of Color Line; Part 4; Chapter 7: The Double V Campaign; Chapter 8: ""The Great White Father"" Speaks; Chapter 9: Black Editors Make Their Case for Desegregation; Chapter 10: ""Get Those Niggers Off the Field""; Part 5 |
Chapter 11: Robinson Becomes the Chosen One Part 6; Chapter 12: ""I never Want to Take Another Trip Like This One""; Notes; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The campaign to desegregate baseball was one of the most important civil rights stories of the 1930's and 1940's. But most of white America |
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