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Globetrotting [[electronic resource] ] : African American athletes and Cold War politics / / Damion L. Thomas



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Autore: Thomas Damion L Visualizza persona
Titolo: Globetrotting [[electronic resource] ] : African American athletes and Cold War politics / / Damion L. Thomas Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
Disciplina: 796.08996073
Soggetto topico: African American athletes - History
Sports - United States - History
African American athletes - Social conditions
Racism in sports - United States
Discrimination in sports - United States
Cold War - Influence
Soggetto geografico: United States Politics and government 1945-1989
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: ""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1. The Showcase African American: Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, and the Politics of Cold War""; ""2. “Spreading the Gospel of Basketball�: The Harlem Globetrotters, the State Department, and the""; ""3. Playing Politics: The Formation of the U.S. Cold War�Era Athletic Foreign Policy""; ""4. “The Good Negroes�: Propaganda and the Racial Crisis""; ""5. Black Power: International Politics and the Revolt of the Black Athlete""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""
Sommario/riassunto: This probing history examines government attempts to manipulate international perceptions of US race relations during the Cold War by sending African American athletes abroad on goodwill tours and in international competitions as cultural ambassadors and visible symbols of American values.
Titolo autorizzato: Globetrotting  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-283-71437-X
0-252-09429-8
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910786355403321
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Serie: Sport and Society