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Author Moore, Louis, 1978- author.

Title I fight for a living : boxing and the battle for black manhood, 1880-1915 / Louis Moore.

Publication Info. Urbana : University of Illinois, [2017]

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Description 1 online resource
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Contents Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 Bring Home the Bacon: The Black Proletariat and the Prizefighter -- 2 Race Man or Race Menace? Pugilists, Patriarchy, and Pathology -- 3 Black Men and the Business of Boxing -- 4 Colored Championship and Color Lines -- 5 Sambos, Savages, and the Shakiness of Whiteness -- 6 Following the Color Line: Progressive Reform and the Fear of the Black Fighter -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography
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Subject Boxing -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Boxing -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
African American boxers.
Racism in sports -- United States -- History.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
GAMES -- Gambling -- Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION -- Reference.
TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Sports.
HISTORY -- United States -- 20th Century.
African American boxers. (OCoLC)fst00799053
Boxing. (OCoLC)fst00837290
Discrimination in sports. (OCoLC)fst00895130
Racism in sports. (OCoLC)fst01086664
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
Other Form: Print version: Moore, Louis, 1978- I fight for a living. Urbana : University of Illinois, [2017] 9780252041341 (DLC) 2017015267
ISBN 9780252099946 (e-book)
9780252041341 (hardcover ; alkaline paper)
025209994X
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