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One night, two teams : Alabama vs. USC and the game that changed a nation /
- Title
- One night, two teams : Alabama vs. USC and the game that changed a nation / Steven Travers.
- Author
- Travers, Steven.
- Publication
- Lanham, Md. : Taylor Trade Pub., 2007.
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- Description
- xxiii, 382 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Alabama Crimson Tide (Football team) > History > 20th century
- College sports > Social aspects > United States
- Discrimination in sports > United States
- Southern California Trojans (Football team) > History > 20th century
- Sports rivalries > United States
- University of Alabama > History > 20th century
- University of Southern California > History > 20th century
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 361-369) and index.
- Contents
- The agenda -- Platonic justice -- America : where slavery came to die -- Christian idealism and influential contrarians -- "I have a dream." -- Our national pastimes -- The religion of football -- California dreamin' meets the American dream -- The tradition of troy -- The generals -- The university of spoiled children -- Dirt poor vs. wealth and privilege -- Something to believe in -- Packin' heat : the new breed -- Pre-game jitters -- Color blind -- Pattonesque -- The war of northern aggression -- Game faces -- Conquest -- Student body right -- The turning of the tide -- "This here's what a football player looks like." -- "The eve of destruction" -- Orange countification -- "Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord." -- The south rises again -- Legacy.
- ISBN
- 9781589793705 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 1589793706 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2007006435
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library