Joe Louis - Sports and Race in Twentieth-Century America

Zusatztext "Sacks has made a very commendable and significant contribution to the academic literature on racial attitudes! Joe Louis! boxing! and American sports." - George Sirgiovanni! College of Saint Elizabeth Informationen zum Autor Marcy S. Sacks is the John S. Ludington Endowed Professor of History at Albion College in Albion, Michigan. Klappentext Joe Louis: Sports and Race in Twentieth Century America is both a succinct introduction to a larger-than-life figure and an essential case study of the intersection of popular culture and race in the mid-century United States. Zusammenfassung Joe Louis: Sports and Race in Twentieth Century America is both a succinct introduction to a larger-than-life figure and an essential case study of the intersection of popular culture and race in the mid-century United States. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Chapter 1 – The Son of an Alabama Sharecropper Chapter 2 – "Born with Two Strikes" Chapter 3 – "The Man in the Mask" Chapter 4 – "Heroes Aren’t Supposed to Lose" Chapter 5 – "A Credit to His Race" Chapter 6 – "It Makes Us a Pack of Liars" Documents Bibliography

Product details

• Authors: Marcy S. Sacks, Sacks Marcy S.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 11.04.2018
• EAN: 9780415895644
• ISBN: 978-0-415-89564-4
• No. of pages: 224
• Series: Routledge Historical Americans
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, Ethnic Studies, HISTORY / General, 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Biography: sport, Boxing, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, Black & Asian Studies, Relating to African American / Black American people