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Sports and the American Jew

Title
Sports and the American Jew / edited by Steven A. Riess.
Publication
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1998.

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Additional Authors
Riess, Steven A.
Description
xvi, 337 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Sports and entertainment
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-321) and index.
Contents
Sports and the American Jew / Steven A. Riess -- Tough Jews. The Jewish American boxing experience, 1890-1950 / Steven A. Riess -- Jewish American women, Jewish organizations, and sports, 1880-1940 / Linda Borish -- Jews and the making of American marathoning, 1896-1960 / Pamela Cooper -- The rise of sport at a Jewish settlement house. The Chicago Hebrew institute, 1908-1921 / Gerald R. Gems -- "Our crowd" at play. The elite Jewish country club in the 1920s / Peter Levine -- Hank Greenberg. The Jewish American sports hero / William M. Simons -- Lester Harrison and the Rochester Royals, 1945-1957. A Jewish entrepreneur in the NBA / Donald M. Fisher -- Becoming American. Jewish writers on the sporting life / Allen Guttmann -- Eric Rolf Greenberg's The Celebrant. The greatest Jewish American baseball novel / Eric Solomon.
Call Number
*PRR 98-2589
ISBN
  • 0815627610 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0815627548 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN
97020930
OCLC
36916761
Title
Sports and the American Jew / edited by Steven A. Riess.
Imprint
Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 1998.
Edition
1st ed.
Series
Sports and entertainment
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 287-321) and index.
Added Author
Riess, Steven A.
Research Call Number
*PRR 98-2589
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