Globetrotting : African American Athletes and Cold War Politics / Damion L. Thomas.

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Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Sport and society.
Main Author: Thomas, Damion L. (Author)
Language:English
Published: Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, [2012], ©2012.
Series:Sport and society.
Subjects:
African Americans > Sports > History.
Sports > United States > History.
African American athletes > Social conditions.
Racism in sports > United States.
Discrimination in sports > United States.
Cold War > Influence.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1989.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > African American Studies.
War > Influence.
Discrimination in sports.
Politics and government.
Racism in sports.
Sports.
United States.
1945 - 1989
Electronic books.
History.
Genre:
Electronic books.
History.
Online Access:
Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users (JSTOR)
Physical Description:1 online resource (x, 209 pages).
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • The showcase African American: Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, and the politics of Cold War prosperity and repression
  • "Spreading the gospel of basketball": the Harlem Globetrotters, the State Department, and the minstrel tradition, 1945-54
  • Playing politics: the formation of the U.S. Cold War-era athletic foreign policy
  • "The good Negroes": propaganda and the racial crisis
  • Black power: international politics and the revolt of the black athlete.