Wartime Basketball : The Emergence of a National Sport during World War II /

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"Wartime Basketball tells the story of basketball's survival and development during World War II and how those years profoundly affected the game's growth after the war. Prior to World War II, basketball--professional and collegiate--was largely a regional game, with different styles...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Stark, Douglas (Douglas Andrew), 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2016]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Basketball and war.
Basketball.
HISTORY > Military > World War II.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > États-Unis.
World War, 1939-1945 > United States.
Basketball and war > United States.
Basketball > United States > History > 20th century.
United States.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: A new game
  • America goes to war, 1941-1942
  • The color line falls, 1942-1943
  • Wartime basketball, 1943-1944
  • The big man cometh, 1944-1945
  • Looking toward the future, 1945-1946
  • Epilogue: Basketball arrives.

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