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Globetrotting : African American Athletes and Cold War Politics.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Sport and Society SeriesPublisher: Champaign : University of Illinois Press, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (234 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780252094293
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: GlobetrottingDDC classification:
  • 796.08996073
LOC classification:
  • GV583
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Showcase African American: Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, and the Politics of Cold War -- 2. "Spreading the Gospel of Basketball": The Harlem Globetrotters, the State Department, and the -- 3. Playing Politics: The Formation of the U.S. Cold War-Era Athletic Foreign Policy -- 4. "The Good Negroes": Propaganda and the Racial Crisis -- 5. Black Power: International Politics and the Revolt of the Black Athlete -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Showcase African American: Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, and the Politics of Cold War -- 2. "Spreading the Gospel of Basketball": The Harlem Globetrotters, the State Department, and the -- 3. Playing Politics: The Formation of the U.S. Cold War-Era Athletic Foreign Policy -- 4. "The Good Negroes": Propaganda and the Racial Crisis -- 5. Black Power: International Politics and the Revolt of the Black Athlete -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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