Thomas Aiello

Gebundenes Buch

Hoops

A Cultural History of Basketball in America

Beschreibung

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 a first cultural history of the sport from the street to the highest levels of professional mens and womens competition, chronicling the relationship between the sport and American society.

Autor

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Seitenzahl: 304
• Erscheinungstermin: 25. Februar 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 590g
• ISBN-13: 9781538147115
• ISBN-10: 1538147114
• Artikelnr.: 62222564