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The sports revolution : how Texas changed the culture of American athletics /

The story of Texas's impact on American sports culture during the civil rights and second-wave feminist movements, offering a new understanding of sports and society in the state and the nation as a whole.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Guridy, Frank Andre (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Austin : University of Texas Press, [2021]
Edition:First edition.
Series:Texas bookshelf.
Subjects:
Professional sports > Social aspects > Texas > History > 20th century.
Professional sports > Political aspects > Texas > History > 20th century.
Professional sports > Social aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Minorities in sports > Texas > History > 20th century.
Feminism and sports > Texas > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Sports in the shadow of segregation
  • Spaceships land in the Texas prairie
  • The outlaws
  • We've come a long way to Houston
  • Labor and lawlessness in Rangerland
  • Sexual revolution on the sidelines
  • The Greek, the Iceman, and the Bums
  • Slammin' and jammin' in Houston
  • Conclusion: the revolution undone.