Globetrotting [[electronic resource] ] : African American athletes and Cold War politics / / Damion L. Thomas |
Autore | Thomas Damion L |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 796.08996073 |
Collana | Sport and society |
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 |
ISBN |
1-283-71437-X
0-252-09429-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910786355403321 |
Thomas Damion L | ||
Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Globetrotting [[electronic resource] ] : African American athletes and Cold War politics / / Damion L. Thomas |
Autore | Thomas Damion L |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (234 p.) |
Disciplina | 796.08996073 |
Collana | Sport and society |
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 |
ISBN |
1-283-71437-X
0-252-09429-8 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
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"" |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910828338603321 |
Thomas Damion L | ||
Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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If You Were Only White : The Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige / / Donald Spivey |
Autore | Spivey Donald |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, Mo. : , : University of Missouri Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (376 p.) |
Disciplina | 796.357092 |
Collana | Sports and American culture series |
Soggetto topico |
Negro leagues - History
Discrimination in sports - United States Pitchers (Baseball) - United States African American baseball players - United States Baseball players - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8262-7280-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Warm-ups: a prelude -- Without a Satchel -- On the mount -- "If you were only white" -- Turning the Paige -- Blackballing the Great Depression -- How the West was won -- Baseball diplomacy -- The fugitive -- Lazarus -- Double V -- Integration -- Center stage in the white arena -- Ninth inning -- Extra innings. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779111703321 |
Spivey Donald | ||
Columbia, Mo. : , : University of Missouri Press, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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If You Were Only White : The Life of Leroy "Satchel" Paige / / Donald Spivey |
Autore | Spivey Donald |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Columbia, Mo. : , : University of Missouri Press, , 2012 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (376 p.) |
Disciplina | 796.357092 |
Collana | Sports and American culture series |
Soggetto topico |
Negro leagues - History
Discrimination in sports - United States Pitchers (Baseball) - United States African American baseball players - United States Baseball players - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 0-8262-7280-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Warm-ups: a prelude -- Without a Satchel -- On the mount -- "If you were only white" -- Turning the Paige -- Blackballing the Great Depression -- How the West was won -- Baseball diplomacy -- The fugitive -- Lazarus -- Double V -- Integration -- Center stage in the white arena -- Ninth inning -- Extra innings. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910810668803321 |
Spivey Donald | ||
Columbia, Mo. : , : University of Missouri Press, , 2012 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Integrating the gridiron [[electronic resource] ] : Black Civil Rights and American college football / / Lane Demas |
Autore | Demas Lane |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ, : Rutgers University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
Disciplina | 796.332/630973 |
Soggetto topico |
Football - United States - History
College sports - United States - History Discrimination in sports - United States Racism in sports - United States African American athletes - Social conditions Civil rights movements - History |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-56249-5
9786612562495 0-8135-4931-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Prologue -- 1. Beyond Jackie Robinson: Racial Integration in American College Football and New Directions in Sport History -- 2. "On the Threshold of Broad and Rich Football Pastures": Integrated College Football at UCLA, 1938-1941 -- 3. "A Fist That Was Very Much Intentional": Postwar Football in the Midwest and the 1951 Johnny Bright Scandal -- 4. "We Play Anyone": Deciphering the Racial Politics of Georgia Football and the 1956 Sugar Bowl Controversy -- 5. "Beat the Devil Out of BYU": Football and Black Power in the Mountain West, 1968-1970 -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458273503321 |
Demas Lane | ||
New Brunswick, NJ, : Rutgers University Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Integrating the gridiron [[electronic resource] ] : Black Civil Rights and American college football / / Lane Demas |
Autore | Demas Lane |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ, : Rutgers University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
Disciplina | 796.332/630973 |
Soggetto topico |
Football - United States - History
College sports - United States - History Discrimination in sports - United States Racism in sports - United States African American athletes - Social conditions Civil rights movements - History |
ISBN |
1-282-56249-5
9786612562495 0-8135-4931-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Prologue -- 1. Beyond Jackie Robinson: Racial Integration in American College Football and New Directions in Sport History -- 2. "On the Threshold of Broad and Rich Football Pastures": Integrated College Football at UCLA, 1938-1941 -- 3. "A Fist That Was Very Much Intentional": Postwar Football in the Midwest and the 1951 Johnny Bright Scandal -- 4. "We Play Anyone": Deciphering the Racial Politics of Georgia Football and the 1956 Sugar Bowl Controversy -- 5. "Beat the Devil Out of BYU": Football and Black Power in the Mountain West, 1968-1970 -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910791334703321 |
Demas Lane | ||
New Brunswick, NJ, : Rutgers University Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Integrating the gridiron [[electronic resource] ] : Black Civil Rights and American college football / / Lane Demas |
Autore | Demas Lane |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ, : Rutgers University Press, c2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (192 p.) |
Disciplina | 796.332/630973 |
Soggetto topico |
Football - United States - History
College sports - United States - History Discrimination in sports - United States Racism in sports - United States African American athletes - Social conditions Civil rights movements - History |
ISBN |
1-282-56249-5
9786612562495 0-8135-4931-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Prologue -- 1. Beyond Jackie Robinson: Racial Integration in American College Football and New Directions in Sport History -- 2. "On the Threshold of Broad and Rich Football Pastures": Integrated College Football at UCLA, 1938-1941 -- 3. "A Fist That Was Very Much Intentional": Postwar Football in the Midwest and the 1951 Johnny Bright Scandal -- 4. "We Play Anyone": Deciphering the Racial Politics of Georgia Football and the 1956 Sugar Bowl Controversy -- 5. "Beat the Devil Out of BYU": Football and Black Power in the Mountain West, 1968-1970 -- Epilogue -- NOTES -- SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910809605403321 |
Demas Lane | ||
New Brunswick, NJ, : Rutgers University Press, c2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The lack of diversity in leadership positions in NCAA collegiate sports : hearing before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the Committee on Energy and Commerce, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, February 28, 2007 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (iii, 120 p.) |
Soggetto topico |
Discrimination in sports - United States
College sports - Social aspects - United States Diversity in the workplace - United States Coaches (Athletics) - United States - Social conditions Athletic directors - United States - Social conditions |
Soggetto non controllato |
Discrimination in sports
College sports Diversity in the workplace Coaches (athletics) United States Sports & recreation Business & economics Social science |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Altri titoli varianti | Lack of Diversity in Leadership Positions in NCAA Collegiate Sports |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910694371503321 |
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Stealing lives [[electronic resource] ] : the globalization of baseball and the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz / / Arturo J. Marcano Guevara and David P. Fidle |
Autore | Marcano Guevara Arturo J. <1968-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
Disciplina | 796.357/089/68 |
Altri autori (Persone) | FidlerDavid P |
Soggetto topico |
Baseball players - Recruiting - Latin America
Baseball players - Abuse of - Latin America Discrimination in sports - United States |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN |
1-282-07188-2
9786612071881 0-253-10950-7 0-253-10956-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The "golden age" of Latin American baseball talent in major league baseball -- The globalization of baseball -- The structure and dynamics of major league baseball's recruitment of foreign baseball talent -- Exploitation and mistreatment in the global ballpark, the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz -- "Papá, I want to play baseball!" -- Going to Vietnam -- In baseball purgatory -- The Mesa miracle -- The Dominican disaster -- "That's just your story" -- The pursuit of justice goes terribly wrong -- Seventh-inning stretch, Chicago, New York, Maracay -- The final inning -- Repairing the global ballpark -- Human rights, labor standards, and major league baseball's exploitation of children in Latin America -- Global ballpark repair strategies. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910454882503321 |
Marcano Guevara Arturo J. <1968-> | ||
Bloomington, : Indiana University Press, c2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Stealing lives : the globalization of baseball and the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz / / Arturo J. Marcano Guevara and David P. Fidle |
Autore | Marcano Guevara Arturo J. <1968-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , 2002 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (viii, 252 pages) : illustrations, map |
Disciplina | 796.357/089/68 |
Altri autori (Persone) | FidlerDavid P |
Soggetto topico |
Baseball players - Recruiting - Latin America
Baseball players - Abuse of - Latin America Discrimination in sports - United States |
ISBN |
1-282-07188-2
9786612071881 0-253-10950-7 0-253-10956-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | The "golden age" of Latin American baseball talent in major league baseball -- The globalization of baseball -- The structure and dynamics of major league baseball's recruitment of foreign baseball talent -- Exploitation and mistreatment in the global ballpark, the tragic story of Alexis Quiroz -- "Papá, I want to play baseball!" -- Going to Vietnam -- In baseball purgatory -- The Mesa miracle -- The Dominican disaster -- "That's just your story" -- The pursuit of justice goes terribly wrong -- Seventh-inning stretch, Chicago, New York, Maracay -- The final inning -- Repairing the global ballpark -- Human rights, labor standards, and major league baseball's exploitation of children in Latin America -- Global ballpark repair strategies. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779825203321 |
Marcano Guevara Arturo J. <1968-> | ||
Bloomington : , : Indiana University Press, , 2002 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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