Ellis Island to Ebbets Field : Sport and the American Jewish Experience.

By: Levine, PeterMaterial type: TextTextPublisher: Cary : Oxford University Press, 1993Copyright date: ©1993Description: 1 online resource (353 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780198021827Subject(s): Jewish athletes -- United States | Sports -- United States -- History -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: Ellis Island to Ebbets Field : Sport and the American Jewish ExperienceDDC classification: 796.08992407 | 796.089924073B LOC classification: GV697.A1 -- L48 1993ebOnline resources: Click to View
Contents:
Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Promise of Sport -- 2. Basketball and Community -- 3. Jews and Professional Basketball, 1900-1950 -- 4. "Allagaroo, Garoo, Gara": The College Game, CCNY, and the Scandals of 1950 -- 5. America's National Game -- 6. Cohen at the Bat -- 7. "Mantle, Schmantle, We Got Abie": Jews and Major League Baseball Between the Wars -- 8. "Oy Such a Fighter!": Boxing and the American Jewish Experience -- 9. "Fighting for All My People": Jewish Champions and American Heroes -- 10. "Der Yiddisher Vildkat" and the "Hebrew Hillbilly": College Life and College Sport Between the Wars -- 11. "My Father and I, We Didn't Get Our Medals": Marty Glickman's American Jewish Odyssey -- 12. "Where Have You Gone, Hank Greenberg?": Sport and the American Jewish Experience Since World War II -- 13. Conclusions -- Postscript: The Jewish Experience in Comparative Perspective -- Bibliographic Note -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Summary: A general study of Jewish participation in American sports, which focuses specifically on baseball, boxing and basketball. The author refutes the assumption that Jewish tradition has not been positive about sporting activities.
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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- 1. The Promise of Sport -- 2. Basketball and Community -- 3. Jews and Professional Basketball, 1900-1950 -- 4. "Allagaroo, Garoo, Gara": The College Game, CCNY, and the Scandals of 1950 -- 5. America's National Game -- 6. Cohen at the Bat -- 7. "Mantle, Schmantle, We Got Abie": Jews and Major League Baseball Between the Wars -- 8. "Oy Such a Fighter!": Boxing and the American Jewish Experience -- 9. "Fighting for All My People": Jewish Champions and American Heroes -- 10. "Der Yiddisher Vildkat" and the "Hebrew Hillbilly": College Life and College Sport Between the Wars -- 11. "My Father and I, We Didn't Get Our Medals": Marty Glickman's American Jewish Odyssey -- 12. "Where Have You Gone, Hank Greenberg?": Sport and the American Jewish Experience Since World War II -- 13. Conclusions -- Postscript: The Jewish Experience in Comparative Perspective -- Bibliographic Note -- Notes -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

A general study of Jewish participation in American sports, which focuses specifically on baseball, boxing and basketball. The author refutes the assumption that Jewish tradition has not been positive about sporting activities.

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