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Jews and the sporting life / edited by Ezra Mendelsohn.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Studies in contemporary Jewry ; 23.
- Studies in contemporary Jewry, 0740-8625 ; 23
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Jewish athletes.
- Sports--Social aspects.
- Sports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (306 p.)
- Other Title:
- At head of title: Avraham Harman Institute of Contemporary Jewry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Symposium: Jews and the Sporting Life. Thoughts on the Jewish Body, Baseball, and the Problem of Integration, Sander L. Gilman (Emory University). Jews and Sports in Poland before the Second World War, Diethelm Blecking (Albert-Ludwigs-Universitat). ""Boxing for Everyone"": Jewish DPs, Sports, and Boxing, Gabriel N. Finder (University of Virginia). The Jewish Bookmaker: Gambling, Legitimacy, and the American Political Economy, Michael Alexander (University of California, Riverside). Pride and Priorities: American Jewry's Response to Hakoah Vienna's U.S. Tour of 1926, Jeffrey S. Gurock, (Yeshiv
- Contents:
- Contents; Symposium: Jews and the Sporting Life; Essays; Review Essays; Book Reviews; Cultural Studies and Religion; History and the Social Sciences; Zionism, Israel, and the Middle East; Contents for Volume XXIV; Note on Editorial Policy
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-045238-2
- 1-281-99860-5
- 9786611998608
- 0-19-972479-2
- OCLC:
- 437093736
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