Statues and Legacies of Combat Athletes in the Americas

The Statues and Legacies of Combat Athletes in the Americas brings together an interdisciplinary team of scholars to explore the layered histories and meanings associated with public monuments to combat athletes from a variety of sporting backgrounds.

List of contents

Introduction: Fighting Memories by C. Nathan Hatton and David M.K. Sheinin
Chapter One: Nearly Beatified: A Tribute to Frank Gotch's Unbreakable Toehold on Iowa's Sporting Memory by C. Nathan Hatton
Chapter Two: Remembering a Boxer, Interpreting a Revolution: The Narratives of the Monument to Alexis Argüello in Managua by Stephen D. Allen
Chapter Three: The Crusher: Honoring South Milwaukee's Working-Class Icon by Aaron D. Horton
Chapter Four: Galveston's Hometown Antihero: The Construction of Jack Johnson Park by Carrie Teresa
Chapter Five: The Biggest Small-Town Monument: Wrestling Greatness in Perry, Oklahoma-An Interview with Mark Kirk and Roger Tetik by C. Nathan Hatton and David M.K. Sheinin
Chapter Six: Vacant Fist: The Monument to Joe Louis in Detroit by David M. K. Sheinin
Chapter Seven: Legacies of the Dragon: Bruce Lee between Memory and Mythology by Kyle Barrowman
Chapter Eight: Tiger Warrington, the Humble Heavyweight: Standing Tall on the Liverpool Waterfront by Paul MacDougall
Chapter Nine: George Dixon and the Fight for Africville-An Interview with Craig M. Smith by C. Nathan Hatton and David M.K. Sheinin
Chapter Ten: The Last Great White Hope: The Rocky Statue, Samuel L. Evans, and Competing Visions of Philadelphia by David M. K. Sheinin
About the Editors and Contributors

About the author

C. Nathan Hatton is assistant professor of history at Cape Breton University. David M. K. Sheinin is professor of history at Trent University and a member of the National Academy of History in Argentina.

Product details

• Authors: C Nathan Hatton, C. Nathan Sheinin Hatton
• Assisted by: C Nathan Hatton (Editor), C. Nathan Hatton (Editor), Hatton C. Nathan (Editor), David M K Sheinin (Editor), David M. K. Sheinin (Editor), Sheinin David M. K. (Editor)
• Publisher: Lexington Books
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9781666950335
• ISBN: 978-1-66695-033-5
• No. of pages: 204
• Series: Sport, Identity, and Culture
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; USA, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, HISTORY / United States / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing, Boxing, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas