1968

A Pivotal Moment in American Sports

James C. Nicholson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

277 Seiten

2019
University of Tennessee Press (Verlag)
978-1-62190-499-1 (ISBN)

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Opening with Vince Lombardi's last win as coach of the Packers in Super Bowl II and closing with Joe Namath's Super Bowl III guarantee, James Nicholson delivers an original portrait of a sensational closing decade in American culture. Controversies on the field and in the ring reflected broader political and social turmoil in the late-sixties United States. With one of the most contentious presidential elections in US history, the ongoing civil rights movement, and the Vietnam War all storming in the background, Nicholson charts a course through the oddly unsettled waters of American sports in 1968: the Masters golf tournament decided by the strict enforcement of an arcane rule to the detriment of a foreign player; the winner of the Kentucky Derby disqualified for a drug violation; Muhammad Ali waiting in sports exile while he appealed a criminal conviction for draft evasion; an unorthodox rendition of the national anthem at the World Series nearly overshadowing the game it preceded; and the silent gesture at the Mexico City Olympics made by Tommie Smith and John Carlos that shocked the nation

James Nicholson received a PhD and JD from the University of Kentucky. He practices law and teaches US history in Lexington.

Erscheinungsdatum	02.06.2019
Reihe/Serie	Sports & Popular Culture
Verlagsort	Chicago
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	435 g
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Archäologie
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Neuzeit (bis 1918)
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Weitere Fachgebiete ► Sportwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-62190-499-7 / 1621904997
ISBN-13	978-1-62190-499-1 / 9781621904991
Zustand	Neuware