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Rondinone Troy <1973-> |
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Titolo |
Friday Night Fighter [[electronic resource] ] : Gaspar "Indio" Ortega and the Golden Age of Television Boxing / / Troy Rondinone |
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Urbana, IL, : University of Illinois Press, 2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-299-48323-2 |
0-252-09466-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (305 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Boxing - United States - History |
Sports - Hispanic Americans - History |
Television broadcasting of sports - United States |
Boxing - Hispanic Americans - History |
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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""; ""Contents""; ""Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Preface: Boxing Lessons""; ""Introduction: Fight Night""; ""Part I. Gladiators of the Age of Contentment""; ""Chapter 1. “And the Winner�Television!�""; ""Chapter 2. “The Regular Friday Coaxial Bloodbath�""; ""Chapter 3. The Friday Night Fighters""; ""Part II. Indio""; ""Chapter 4. The Mexamerican""; ""Chapter 5. The Discovery of New York""; ""Chapter 6. Climb""; ""Chapter 7. The Tournament""; ""Chapter 8 .The Secret Government""; ""Chapter 9. Trouble""; ""Chapter 10. The Shot"" |
""Part III. The Hardest Game""""Chapter 11. Bloodying the Sport""; ""Chapter 12. The Ship Goes Down""; ""Chapter 13. Changing Times""; ""Epilogue: Nightmares""; ""A Note on Sources""; ""Notes""; ""Index"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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'Friday Night Fighter' relives a lost moment in American postwar history, when boxing ruled as one of the nation's most widely televised sports. |
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