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Curt Flood in the media [electronic resource] : baseball, race, and the demise of the activist-athlete / Abraham Iqbal Khan.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Khan, Abraham Iqbal.
- Series:
- Race, rhetoric, and media series.
- Race, rhetoric, and media series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American baseball players--Biography.
- African American baseball players.
- Baseball--Law and legislation--United States.
- Baseball.
- Discrimination in sports--United States.
- Discrimination in sports.
- Free agents (Sports)--United States.
- Free agents (Sports).
- Flood, Curt, 1938-1997.
- Flood, Curt.
- Flood, Curt, 1938-1997--Trials, litigation, etc.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (221 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Curt Flood in the Media examines the public discourse surrounding Curt Flood (1938-1997), the star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals throughout the sixties. In 1969, Flood was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. At the time, all Major League Baseball players were subject to the reserve clause, which essentially bound a player to work in perpetuity for his original team, unless traded for another player or sold for cash, in which case he worked under the same reserve conditions for the next team.Flood refused the trade on a matter of principle, arguing that Major League Baseball had v
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. Curt Flood and the Demise of the Activist-Athlete; 2. Curt Flood's Public Case; 3. Jackie Robinson and the Rhetoric of the Black Press; 4. The Disappearance of Curt Flood's Blackness; 5. Race, Slavery, and the Revolt of the Black Athlete; 6. Race and Memory in Sport's Public Sphere; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; W; X; Y
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-62103-256-6
- 1-283-62968-2
- 9786613942135
- 1-61703-139-9
- OCLC:
- 778431705
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