Robert Hayashi

Gebundenes Buch

Fields of Play

Sport, Race, and Memory in the Steel City

Beschreibung

Combining this rigorous archival research with a poetâ s voice, Hayashi vividly portrays how coal towns, settlement houses, municipal swimming pools, state game lands, stadia, and the cityâ s landmark rivers were all sites of struggle over inclusion and the meaning of play in the Steel City.

Autor

Robert T. Hayashi is associate professor of American studies at Amherst College. He was raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and is the author of Haunted by Waters: A Journey through Race and Place in the American West.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pittsburgh Press
• Seitenzahl: 264
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 232mm x 156mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 596g
• ISBN-13: 9780822947844
• ISBN-10: 0822947846
• Artikelnr.: 67980591