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Record Nr.

UNINA9910798485303321

Autore

Russo Charles <1975->

Titolo

Striking distance : Bruce Lee & the dawn of martial arts in America / / Charles Russo

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln, [Nebraska] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

0-8032-9049-7

0-8032-9051-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (265 p.)

Disciplina

796.8092

Soggetti

Martial artists - United States

Martial arts - United States - History

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; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Untitled; PART 1. SAN FRANCISCO; 1. The Patriarch; 2. Native Son; 3. The Good Long Fist; 4. The Little Dragon; 5. The Soft Arts; 6. Three Moves or Less; PART 2. OAKLAND; 7. The Innovator; 8. The Hawaiian Connection (Part One); 9. The Hawaiian Connection (Part Two); 10. Way of the Integrated Fist; PART 3. 1964; 11. Year of the Green Dragon; 12. Long Beach; 13. Incident at the Sun Sing Theater; 14. Exchanging Hands; 15. Aftermath; Epilogue: Screen Test; Acknowledgments; Author's Note; Notes; Bibliography; Index