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The athletic crusade : sport and American cultural imperialism /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gems, Gerald R.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2006]
Subjects:
Sports and state > United States.
United States > Foreign relations > 19th century.
United States > Foreign relations > 20th century.
United States > Territorial expansion.
Sports > Social aspects > United States > History.
Racism > United States.
Imperialism > Psychological aspects.
Civilization > American influences.
Online Access:Table of contents
Table of Contents:
  • Race, religion, and manifest destiny
  • China and the rejection of Christianity
  • Baseball and bushido in Japan
  • Sport and colonialism in the Philippines
  • Hawaii as a cultural crossroads of sport
  • Cuba and the rehabilitative qualities of sport
  • Sport and the restoration of pride in Puerto Rico
  • Sport and economic retaliation in the Dominican Republic
  • The outposts of empire
  • The globalization of sport.