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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