Hoops - A Cultural History of Basketball in America

From its 19th-century roots to its position today as a global symbol of American culture, basketball has been a force in American society. This book presents the first cultural history of the sport from the street to the highest levels of professional men's and women's competition, chronicling the relationship between the sport and American society.

List of contents

Prologue
CHAPTER 1: Muscular Christianity
CHAPTER 2: Professionalizing the Amateur Game
CHAPTER 3: The Negro Leagues
CHAPTER 4: Early Collegiate Basketball
CHAPTER 5: The Growth of the Women's Game
CHAPTER 6: Mid-Century Scandal
CHAPTER 7: The Birth of the NBA
CHAPTER 8: Integration
CHAPTER 9: Race and Civil Rights
CHAPTER 10: The ABA and the Merger
CHAPTER 11: Magic and Larry
CHAPTER 12: The Jordan Rules
CHAPTER 13: College Basketball at the Millennium
CHAPTER 14: The Rise of Women's Basketball
CHAPTER 15: The NBA in the 21st Century
Epilogue
Bibliographic Essay

About the author

Thomas Aiello is associate professor of history and African American studies at Valdosta State University in Georgia. He is the author of The Grapevine of the Black South: The Scott Newspaper Syndicate In the Generation Before the Civil Rights Movement (Georgia, 2018), among many others. His book Jim Crow's Last Stand: Nonunanimous Criminal Jury Verdicts In Louisiana (LSU, 2015) helped spark a movement that constitutionally overturned the state's nonunanimous jury law. A second edition appeared in 2019. He writes lots of books. You can find out more about them at www.thomasaiellobooks.com, at facebook.com/thomas aiellobooks, or on Twitter @thomasaiello.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas Aiello, Aiello Thomas
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.08.2024
• EAN: 9781538199947
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9994-7
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > 20th century (up to 1945); Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; USA, Basketball, 20th Century, HISTORY / Social History, SPORTS & RECREATION / Basketball, Social & cultural history, 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, United States of America, USA, History of the Americas, HISTORY / African American & Black, Relating to African American / Black American people