Don't Stick to Sports by Derek Charles Catsam

Don't Stick to Sports by Derek Charles Catsam

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The intersection of sports and politics has been making headlines over the last few years, but the reality is that this clash has been going on for decades. This book examines the history of sports as a means to advance social change and connects that history to today’s world.

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Don't Stick to Sports by Derek Charles Catsam

The intersection of sports and politics has been making headlines over the last few years, but the reality is that this clash has been going on for decades. This book examines the history of sports as a means to advance social change and connects that history to todays world.
Derek Catsam is professor of history and the Kathlyn Cosper Dunagan Professor in the Humanities at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin where he teaches courses on race, politics, and sports. His most recent books include Beyond the Pitch: The Spirit, Culture, and Politics of Brazil’s 2014 World Cup and Flashpoint: How a Little-Known Sporting Event Fueled America’s Anti-Apartheid Movement. Catsam has won awards, fellowships, and grants from a number of respected institutions and was named the 2016 Hugh Le May Fellow in the Humanities at Rhodes University. Catsam appeared in the Emmy award winning PBS “American Experience” documentary, Freedom Riders,and on C- Span’s Book TV.
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ISBN 13 9781538144718
ISBN 10 1538144719
Titre Don't Stick to Sports
Auteur Derek Charles Catsam
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Type de reliure Hardback
Éditeur Rowman And Littlefield Publishers
Année de publication 2023-10-11
Nombre de pages 286
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