Twin Cities Sports
Games for All Seasons
Erscheint ca. am 28. Februar 2020
Buch
Softcover
260 Seiten
978-1-68226-109-5 (ISBN)
Beschreibung
The histories in Twin Cities Sports are rooted in the class, ethnic, and regional identity of this unique upper midwestern metropolitan area. The compilation includes a wide range of important studies on the hub of interwar speedskating, the success of Gopher football in the Jim Crow era, the integration of municipal golf courses, the building of a world-renowned park system, the Minneapolis Lakers' basketball dynasty, the Minnesota Twins' connections to Cuba, and more.
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"Twin Cities Sports constitutes something like a civic biography of athletics for a metropolis that is often described as the 'most underrated city in America.' Eschewing hype and boosterism, Sheldon Anderson has produced an admirable, entertaining anthology consistent with the unassuming, candid ethos of the Land of 10,000 Lakes."-Daniel A. Nathan, former president of the North American Society for Sport History
"Well documented and smartly argued, these essays demonstrate the Twin Cities' compelling history with sports. Sheldon Anderson has succeeded in bringing together essays that express a unique Minnesota connection. A fine resource for history buffs as well as sports fans."
-Chris Elzey, coeditor of DC Sports: the Nation's Capital at Play
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Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
Fayetteville
USA
Zielgruppe
Für Beruf und Forschung
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Broschur/Paperback
Klebebindung
Illustrationen
15 illustrations
Maße
Höhe: 229 mm
Breite: 152 mm
Dicke: 20 mm
Gewicht
499 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-68226-109-5 (9781682261095)
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Sheldon Anderson is professor of history at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he teaches modern European and sports history. He is the author of The Politics and Culture of Modern Sports.
Inhalt
Introduction
Map of Minnesota
Map of the Twin Cities
1. From Parks to Recreation: The Minneapolis Parks System, 1880s-1920s by Shannon Murray
2. Fairways Open to All: A History of Golf in the Twin Cities by Thomas B. Jones
3. Aces on Ice: The Glory Days of Speed Skating in the Twin Cities by David C. Smith
4. The End of Jim Crow and the Decline of Minnesota Gopher Football by Sheldon Anderson
5. From the Cedar-Riverside Marines to the Purple People Eaters: Professional Football in the Twin Cities by Dick Dahl
6. Just for Kicks: The World's Game Comes to the Twin Cities by Tom Taylor
7. The State of Basketball: Minnesota's Storied Hardcourt History by Sheldon Anderson and David C. Smith
8. The Minneapolis Lakers: The First NBA Dynasty by Stew Thornley
9. Minnesota Ice: The Eleventh Hockey Province by David C. Smith and Sheldon Anderson
10. From DC Follies to Frostbite Falls: Calvin Griffith and the Senators' Move to Minnesota by Jon Kerr
11. The Minnesota Twins, Tony Oliva, and the Cuban Baseball Players by Blair Williams
12. Of King Tuts and Kewpies: Professional Boxing in the Twin Cities by Scott Wright
13. "How 'bout Dat, You Turkey Necks!": The Heyday of Twin Cities Pro Wrestling by Sheldon Anderson and Brad Lundell
Map of Minnesota
Map of the Twin Cities
1. From Parks to Recreation: The Minneapolis Parks System, 1880s-1920s by Shannon Murray
2. Fairways Open to All: A History of Golf in the Twin Cities by Thomas B. Jones
3. Aces on Ice: The Glory Days of Speed Skating in the Twin Cities by David C. Smith
4. The End of Jim Crow and the Decline of Minnesota Gopher Football by Sheldon Anderson
5. From the Cedar-Riverside Marines to the Purple People Eaters: Professional Football in the Twin Cities by Dick Dahl
6. Just for Kicks: The World's Game Comes to the Twin Cities by Tom Taylor
7. The State of Basketball: Minnesota's Storied Hardcourt History by Sheldon Anderson and David C. Smith
8. The Minneapolis Lakers: The First NBA Dynasty by Stew Thornley
9. Minnesota Ice: The Eleventh Hockey Province by David C. Smith and Sheldon Anderson
10. From DC Follies to Frostbite Falls: Calvin Griffith and the Senators' Move to Minnesota by Jon Kerr
11. The Minnesota Twins, Tony Oliva, and the Cuban Baseball Players by Blair Williams
12. Of King Tuts and Kewpies: Professional Boxing in the Twin Cities by Scott Wright
13. "How 'bout Dat, You Turkey Necks!": The Heyday of Twin Cities Pro Wrestling by Sheldon Anderson and Brad Lundell