The sports revolution: how Texas changed the culture of American athletics

Introduction -- Sports in the shadow of segregation -- Spaceships land in the Texas prairie -- The outlaws -- We've come a long way to Houston -- Labor and lawlessness in Rangerland -- Sexual revolution on the sidelines -- The Greek, the Iceman, and the Bums -- Slammin' and jammin' in...

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1. Verfasser: Guridy, Frank Andre (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Austin University of Texas Press 2023
Schriftenreihe:The Texas bookshelf
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Zusammenfassung:Introduction -- Sports in the shadow of segregation -- Spaceships land in the Texas prairie -- The outlaws -- We've come a long way to Houston -- Labor and lawlessness in Rangerland -- Sexual revolution on the sidelines -- The Greek, the Iceman, and the Bums -- Slammin' and jammin' in Houston -- Conclusion: the revolution undone.
"The story of Texas's impact on American sports culture during the civil rights and second-wave feminist movements, offering a new understanding of sports and society in the state and the nation as a whole"--
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:418 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9781477328576

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