Before March Madness : The Wars for the Soul of College Basketball /

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"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...

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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:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
National Collegiate Athletic Association > History > 20th century.
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics > History > 20th century.
College sports > Economic aspects > United States.
College sports > United States > History > 20th century.
Basketball > Economic aspects > United States.
Basketball > United States > History > 20th century.
Electronic books.
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.

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