1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910463478503321

Autore

Khan Abraham Iqbal

Titolo

Curt Flood in the media [[electronic resource] ] : baseball, race, and the demise of the activist-athlete / / Abraham Iqbal Khan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson, : University Press of Mississippi, c2012

ISBN

1-62103-256-6

1-283-62968-2

9786613942135

1-61703-139-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (221 p.)

Collana

Race, rhetoric, and media series

Disciplina

796.357092

B

Soggetti

African American baseball players

Baseball - Law and legislation - United States

Discrimination in sports - United States

Free agents (Sports) - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Curt Flood and the Demise of the Activist-Athlete; 2. Curt Flood's Public Case; 3. Jackie Robinson and the Rhetoric of the Black Press; 4. The Disappearance of Curt Flood's Blackness; 5. Race, Slavery, and the Revolt of the Black Athlete; 6. Race and Memory in Sport's Public Sphere; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; W; X; Y

Sommario/riassunto

Curt Flood in the Media examines the public discourse surrounding Curt Flood (1938-1997), the star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals throughout the sixties. In 1969, Flood was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. At the time, all Major League Baseball players were subject to the reserve clause, which essentially bound a player to work in perpetuity for his original team, unless traded for another player or sold for cash, in which case he worked under the same reserve conditions for the next team.Flood refused the trade on a matter of



principle, arguing that Major League Baseball had v

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910699036303321

Autore

Īsṭar A (Īsṭar Rāj)

Titolo

Standard review plan renewal of independent spent fuel storage installation licenses and dry cask storage system certificates of compliance [[electronic resource] ] : draft report for comment

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, DC : , : U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards, , [2009]

Descrizione fisica

1 volume (61 unnumbered pages) : illustrations

Altri autori (Persone)

HornsethJ

ReganC (Colin)

Soggetti

Spent reactor fuels - Storage - United States - Safety measures

Nuclear fuels - United States - Safety measures

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from PDF title screen (viewed on Mar. 2, 2010).

Authors: A. Istar, J. Hornseth, C, Regan.

"September 2009."

"NUREG-1927."