Come Out Swinging - The Changing World of Boxing in Gleason''s Gym

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About the author

Lucia Trimbur is assistant professor of sociology at the City University of New York's John Jay College of Criminal Justice and at the CUNY Graduate Center.

Summary

Gleason's Gym is the last remaining institution of New York's Golden Age of boxing. Jake LaMotta, Muhammad Ali, Hector Camacho, Mike Tyson--the alumni of Gleason's are a roster of boxing greats. Founded in the Bronx in 1937, Gleason's moved in the mid-1980s to what has since become one of New York's wealthiest residential areas--Brooklyn's DUMBO. G

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"Trimbur has written a wonderful book about the world of boxing, specifically that place and space dedicated to boxing known as Gleason's Gym. Anyone who wants to understand boxing as practiced in 21st-century Brooklyn should read the sociological gift bestowed upon us called Come Out Swinging."---Joseph Trumino, American Journal of Sociology

Product details

• Authors: Lucia Trimbur
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.08.2013
• EAN: 9780691150291
• ISBN: 978-0-691-15029-1
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; New York, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing, Sociology: sport & leisure, Boxing, Sociology: sport and leisure, SPORTS & RECREATION / Cultural & Social Aspects, New York (state)