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Autore |
May Reuben A. Buford <1965-> |
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Titolo |
Living through the hoop [[electronic resource] ] : high school basketball, race, and the American dream / / Reuben A. Buford May |
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New York, : New York University Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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0-8147-8990-0 |
0-8147-9561-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (261 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Basketball - Moral and ethical aspects - United States |
Basketball - United States - Sociological aspects |
Basketball players - Georgia |
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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 (p. 227-236) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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A look through the hoop -- For the good of all -- The three D's : drugs, drinking, and delinquency -- Race and hoops everyday -- Knight style masculinity -- Sportsmanship and the need to win -- The dirty trick -- Epilogue : the death of Calvin Cody. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Visit the author's YouTube channel!. When high school basketball player LeBron James was selected as the top pick in the National Basketball Association draft of 2003, the hopes of a half-million high school basketball players soared. If LeBron could go straight from high school to the NBA, why couldn't they? Such is the allure of basketball for so many young African American men. Unfortunately, the reality is that their chances of ever playing basketball at the professional, or even college, level are infinitesimal. In Living Through the Hoop , Reuben A. Buford May tells the absorbing story o |
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