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Before March Madness : the wars for the soul of college basketball /

Big money NCAA basketball had its origins in a many-sided conflict of visions and agendas. On one side stood large schools focused on a commercialized game that privileged wins and profits. Opposing them was a tenuous alliance of liberal arts colleges, historically Black colleges, and regional state...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Kemper, Kurt Edward (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2020]
Colección:Sport and society.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Basketball's civil war : the struggle for American basketball (1927-1936)
  • Searching for champions and finding enemies : the rise of tournament basketball (1937-1939)
  • The citadel of home rule : the liberal arts' failed war against commercialism (1936-1951)
  • Barbarians at the gate : basketball, the NAIA,and the promise of a small college revolt (1941-1953)
  • Rebels with a conscience : race, the NAIA, and college basketball in mid-century America (1939-1953)
  • Home rule's last redoubt : race, the NCAA, and college basketball in mid-century America (1950-1955)
  • Defending the kingdom : the NAIA war and the division of the NCAA (1955-1957)
  • Conclusion.