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Control # 1 2021027497
Control # Id 3 DLC
Date 5 20230322155019.0
Fixed Data 8 210604s2022 mdu b 001 0 eng
LC Card 10    $a 2021027497
ISBN 20    $a9781538147115$q(cloth)
ISBN 20    $z9781538148563$q(epub)
Obsolete 39    $a330432$cTLC
Cat. Source 40    $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC$dGCG
Authen. Ctr. 42    $apcc
Geog. Area 43    $an-us---
LC Call 50 00 $aGV885.7$b.A54 2022
Dewey Class 82 00 $a796.3230973$223
ME:Pers Name 100 $aAiello, Thomas,$d1977-$eauthor.
Title 245 10 $aHoops :$ba cultural history of basketball in America /$cThomas Aiello.
Tag 264 264  1 $aLanham, Maryland :$bRowman & Littlefield,$c[2022]
Phys Descrpt 300    $axii, 289 pages ;$c24 cm.
Tag 336 336    $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
Tag 337 337    $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
Tag 338 338    $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
Series:Diff 490 $aThe American ways series
Note:Bibliog 504    $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 243-270) and index.
Note:Content 505 $aPrologue -- 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.
Abstract 520    $a"From its nineteenth-century roots to its position today as a global symbol of American culture, basketball has been a force in American society. This book presents the first cultural history of the sport from the street to the highest levels of professional men's and women's competition, chronicling the relationship between the sport and American society."--$cProvided by publisher.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aBasketball$zUnited States$xHistory.
Subj:Topical 650  0 $aBasketball$xSocial aspects$zUnited States.
SE:Ufm Title 830  0 $aAmerican ways series.