Bibliograph

The sports revolution, how Texas changed the culture of American athletics, Frank Andre Guridy

Type

Label

The sports revolution, how Texas changed the culture of American athletics, Frank Andre Guridy

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The sports revolution

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1145901341

Responsibility statement

Frank Andre Guridy

Series statement

The Texas bookshelf

Sub title

how Texas changed the culture of American athletics

Summary

"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"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

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

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