Ethnicity, sport, identity : struggles for status

Ethnicity, sport, identity : struggles for status / edited by J.A. Mangan & Andrew Ritchie.

This text deals with discrimination directed at those excluded from full participation in sport and the consequent struggle through sport for inclusion, recognition and respect. It deals also with sport as a source of cohesion between individuals and groups from persecuted ethnic minorities.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Mangan, J. A., Ritchie, Andrew
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London : Frank Cass, 2004.
Series:Sport in the global society ; no. 59.
Subjects:
Racism in sports.
Discrimination in sports.
Discrimination in sports
Racism in sports
Sport.
Etnisch bewustzijn.
Sociale status.
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Table of Contents:
  • Book Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Notes on Contributors; Series Editors Foreword; Prologue; 1 The League of American Wheelmen, Major Taylor and the 'Color Question' in the United States in the 1890s; 2 'Curt Flood Stood Up for Us': The Quest to Break Down Racial Barriers and Structural Inequality in Major League Baseball; 3 Jim Crow Strikes Out: Branch Rickey and the Struggle for Integration in American Baseball; 4 Personal Calvaries: Sports in Philadelphia's African-American Communities, 1920-60.

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