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Available
Trim Size
5.75
x 9
Pages
272
ISBN
9780801842405
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. The World That Hiroshima Created: The Olympic Games and the Cold War
Chapter 2. The Integration of American Sports
Chapter 3. Work and Play: The Business of Professional Sports
Chapter
Preface
Chapter 1. The World That Hiroshima Created: The Olympic Games and the Cold War
Chapter 2. The Integration of American Sports
Chapter 3. Work and Play: The Business of Professional Sports
Chapter 4. Scandal Time
Chapter 5. Television, Sports, and Mass Culture
Chapter 6. The Roone Revolution
Chapter 7. The New Rules of the Game
Chapter 8. The Black Rebellion in American Sports
Chapter 9. In the Shadow of Munich
Chapter 10. Sports and Self in Modern America
Bibliographic Essay
Index
