Counterpunch - The Cultural Battles Over Heavyweight Prizefighting in American West

Meg Frisbee is assistant professor of history at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

List of contents

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The "Slogging" Craze in San Francisco

2. The "Daring" Conservatives

3. Borderline

4. Nevada's Gamble

5. Paradise Lost

6. Prizefighting Is Not a Crime

Conclusion

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

About the author

Meg Frisbee is assistant professor of history at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Product details

• Authors: Meg Frisbee
• Publisher: University Of Washington Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.09.2018
• EAN: 9780295744322
• ISBN: 978-0-295-74432-2
• No. of pages: 277
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Martial arts, self-defence; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Boxen, Amerikanische Geschichte, USA Westen, Glücksspiel: Theorien und Spielweisen