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Author Guridy, Frank Andre, author.

Title The sports revolution : how Texas changed the culture of American athletics / Frank Andre Guridy.

Publication Info. Austin : University of Texas Press, 2021.
©2021

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 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  796.0976 GURIDY    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description 418 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Series The Texas bookshelf
Texas bookshelf.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction -- Sports in the shadow of segregation -- Spaceships land in the Texas prairie -- The outlaws -- We've come a long way to Houston -- Labor and lawlessness in Rangerland -- Sexual revolution on the sidelines -- The Greek, the Iceman, and the Bums -- Slammin' and jammin' in Houston -- Conclusion: the revolution undone.
Summary "The story of Texas's impact on American sports culture during the civil rights and second-wave feminist movements, offering a new understanding of sports and society in the state and the nation as a whole"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Professional sports -- Social aspects -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
Professional sports -- Political aspects -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
Professional sports -- Social aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Minorities in sports -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
Feminism and sports -- Texas -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Civil rights movements. (OCoLC)fst00862708
Feminism and sports. (OCoLC)fst00922746
Minorities in sports. (OCoLC)fst01023292
Professional sports -- Social aspects. (OCoLC)fst01078539
Texas. (OCoLC)fst01210336
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Chronological Term 1900-1999
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9781477321836 hardcover
1477321837 hardcover
9781477321850 electronic book
9781477321843 electronic book other
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