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Flashpoint : how a little-known sporting event fueled America's anti-apartheid movement
- Title
- Flashpoint : how a little-known sporting event fueled America's anti-apartheid movement / Derek Charles Catsam.
- Author
- Catsam, Derek
- Publication
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]
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Details
- Description
- xxviii, 215 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- "This book provides a unique perspective on the anti-apartheid movement in the United States through its examination of a little-remembered rugby tour across the country by South Africa's national team. The tour became a flashpoint for the nation's burgeoning protests against apartheid and a test of national values and American foreign policy"--
- Subject
- Springboks (Rugby team)
- Rugby football > South Africa > History
- Discrimination in sports > South Africa > History
- Anti-apartheid movements > United States > History
- Sports > Political aspects > United States
- Sports > Political aspects > South Africa
- Anti-apartheid movements
- Discrimination in sports
- International relations
- Rugby football
- Sports > Political aspects
- United States > Relations > South Africa
- South Africa > Relations > United States
- South Africa
- United States
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- Machine generated contents note: 1. The Accidental Tourists: Planning For the United States Tour -- 2. Starting to Play: the Irish in South Africa -- 3. Apart Hate: Planning to Resist the Springboks -- 4. The 1981 Springbok Tour to New Zealand: A Country Divided -- 5. Cloaks, Daggers, and Rugby: the Springboks in the Midwest -- 6. Albany I: Facing Off in the Courts and Against the Colonials -- 7. Albany II: the Test Match.
- Call Number
- Sc E 22-699
- ISBN
- 9781538144695
- 1538144697
- 9781538144701 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2021009851
- OCLC
- 1240415922
- Author
- Catsam, Derek, author.
- Title
- Flashpoint : how a little-known sporting event fueled America's anti-apartheid movement / Derek Charles Catsam.
- Publisher
- Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield, [2021]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Other Form:
- Online version: Catsam, Derek Flashpoint Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2021. 9781538144701 (DLC) 2021009852
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 22-699