More than a game : a history of the African American experience in sport / / David K. Wiggins
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| Autore: |
Wiggins David Kenneth <1951->
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| Titolo: |
More than a game : a history of the African American experience in sport / / David K. Wiggins
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| Pubblicazione: | Lanham : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , [2018] |
| ©2018 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (313 pages) |
| Disciplina: | 796.089/96073 |
| Soggetto topico: | African Americans - Sports - History |
| African American athletes - History | |
| Discrimination in sports - United States - History | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Establishing the boundaries of sport : slavery's lasting legacy -- Freedom to participate on an unlevel playing field -- Sport behind the walls of segregation -- Striving to be full participants in Americas pastimes -- Reintegration of sport and its aftermath -- Sport and the civil rights movement -- Race, Black athletes, and the globalization of sport -- An altered athletic landscape. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | "More than a Game discusses how African American men and women sought to participate in sport and what that participation meant to them, the African American community, and the country. It discusses the varied experiences of African Americans in sport and how their participation has both reflected and changed views of race" -- |
| Titolo autorizzato: | More than a game |
| ISBN: | 1-5381-1498-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910823988003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
African-American experience (Rowman and Littlefield, Inc.)