Author:
Aiello, Thomas, 1977- author.
ImprintLanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]
Descriptionxii, 289 pages ; 24 cm.
Note:Prologue -- Muscular Christianity -- Professionalizing the amateur game -- The Negro leagues -- Early collegiate basketball -- The growth of the women's game -- Mid-century scandal -- The birth of the National Basketball Association -- Integration -- Race and civil rights -- The American Basketball Association and the merger -- Magic and Larry -- The Jordan rules -- College basketball at the millennium -- The rise of women's basketball -- The NBA in the twenty-first century -- Epilogue.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-270) and index.
Note:"From its nineteenth-century roots to its position today as a global symbol of American culture, basketball has been a force in American society. This book presents the first cultural history of the sport from the street to the highest levels of professional men's and women's competition, chronicling the relationship between the sport and American society."-- Provided by publisher.
