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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: main event
    sub title: boxing in Nevada from the mining camps to the Las Vegas strip
  name:
    name part: Davies, Richard O.
    name part: 1937-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  genre: Electronic books.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nvu
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (xi, 293 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations.
  abstract: "Nevada has a rich tradition of boxing that is deeply embedded in the culture of the state. Beginning in the late-19th century, Nevada played a key role in the history of the sport when it hosted the Fitzsimmons-Corbett contest in 1897, and then later the Johnson-Jeffries match in 1910. In the second half of the 20th century, Las Vegas became the center of American boxing. The state has also been home to important boxing personalities like Tex Rickard, Mills Lane, and Mike Tyson. The Main Event is the first comprehensive cultural history of boxing in the Silver State, tracing the sport from its origins in 19th century mining camps to the mixed martial arts of contemporary Las Vegas. Davies utilizes both secondary and primary sources to analyze boxing within Nevada's tourist economy, morally libertarian values, and other unique aspects of the state's history and culture. He pays particular attention to how boxing in the Silver State has intersected with issues of race, class, and gender. Written in an engaging style that shifts easily between analysis and narrative, The Main Event will appeal to both scholars and the general reading public"--
  note: Richard O. Davies.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us-nv
  subject:
    topic: Boxing
    geographic: Nevada
    topic: History
  subject:
    topic: Boxers (Sports)
    geographic: Nevada
    topic: History
  subject:
    geographic: Nevada
    topic: Social life and customs
  subject:
    topic: SPORTS & RECREATION / Boxing
  subject:
    topic: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / West (AK, CA, CO, HI, ID, MT, NV, UT, WY)
  subject:
    topic: GAMES / Gambling / Sports
  subject:
    topic: SPORTS & RECREATION / Business Aspects
  subject:
    topic: SPORTS & RECREATION / Essays
  subject:
    topic: SPORTS & RECREATION / History
  subject:
    topic: SPORTS & RECREATION / Reference
  subject:
    topic: TRAVEL / Special Interest / Sports
  classification: GV1125 .D38 2014eb
  classification: 796.8309793
  classification: SPO008000 HIS036140
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Main event
    name:
      name part: Davies, Richard O., 1937- author.
    identifier: (DLC) 2013043529
    identifier: (OCoLC)861955641
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Wilbur S. Shepperson series in Nevada history
  identifier: 9780874179385 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 0874179386 (electronic bk.)
  identifier: 9780874179286
  identifier: 0874179289
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: N$T
    record creation date: 140428
    record change date: 20190407114514.0
    record identifier: in00003445630
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng