Friday Night Fighter : Gaspar "Indio" Ortega and the Golden Age of Television Boxing /

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'Friday Night Fighter' relives a lost moment in American postwar history, when boxing ruled as one of the nation's most widely televised sports.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rondinone, Troy, 1973- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Urbana, Ill. : University of Illinois Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Ortega, Gaspar "Indio", > 1935-
Television broadcasting of sports.
Boxing.
Boxers (Sports)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Ethnic Studies > Hispanic American Studies.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Boxing.
Boxe > États-Unis > Histoire.
Sports > Americains d'origine latino-americaine > Histoire.
Émissions sportives televisees > États-Unis.
Boxe > Americains d'origine latino-americaine > Histoire.
Boxing > United States > History.
Sports > Hispanic Americans > History.
Television broadcasting of sports > United States.
Boxing > Hispanic Americans > History.
United States.
History.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Title Page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Illustrations
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface: Boxing Lessons
  • Introduction: Fight Night
  • Part I. Gladiators of the Age of Contentment
  • Chapter 1. â€oeAnd the Winnerâ€?Television!â€?
  • Chapter 2. â€oeThe Regular Friday Coaxial Bloodbathâ€?
  • Chapter 3. The Friday Night Fighters
  • Part II. Indio
  • Chapter 4. The Mexamerican
  • Chapter 5. The Discovery of New York
  • Chapter 6. Climb
  • Chapter 7. The Tournament
  • Chapter 8 .The Secret Government
  • Chapter 9. Trouble
  • Chapter 10. The Shot
  • Part III. The Hardest GameChapter 11. Bloodying the Sport
  • Chapter 12. The Ship Goes Down
  • Chapter 13. Changing Times
  • Epilogue: Nightmares
  • A Note on Sources
  • Notes
  • Index

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