New Orleans sports : playing hard in the Big Easy / edited by Thomas Aiello.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Aiello, Thomas, 1977- editor.

JSTOR (Online Service)

Series:

Sport, culture & society (University of Arkansas Press)

Sport, culture & society

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sports--Louisiana--New Orleans--History.

Sports.

Sports--Economic aspects--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Sports--Political aspects--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Sports--Social aspects--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Discrimination in sports--Louisiana--New Orleans.

Discrimination in sports.

Sports--Social aspects.

Sports--Political aspects.

Sports--Economic aspects.

History.

Louisiana--New Orleans.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxiii, 328 pages).

polychrome

Place of Publication:

Fayetteville : The University of Arkansas Press, 2019.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

A city on wheels: the bicycle era in New Orleans / Dale A. Somers

"He's a good rider because of where he comes from": horseracing, slavery, and haunting / Katherine C. Mooney

Fighting to the finish: the ill-fated Andy Bowen and the longest boxing match in history / Randy Roberts

In the land of dreamy dreams: tennis and the nexus of class and race in New Orleans, 1876-1976 / Thomas Aiello

The New Orleans Athletic Club: pantheon of sport and society on Rampart Street / Richard V. McGehee

The development of Tulane Stadium: from rise to raze / Chad S. Seifried, Kasey Britt, Samantha Gonzales, and Alexa Webb

New Orleans becomes a big league city: the NFL-AFL merger and the creation of the New Orleans Saints / Michael S. Martin

Professional sports, Hurricane Katrina, and the economic redevelopment of New Orleans: revisited / Robert A. Baade, Victor A. Matheson, and Callan N. Hendershott

The Sugar Bowl: manhood, race, and southern womanhood in New Orleans, 1935-1965 / Stephen H. Norwood

"No room for such a club in our organization": the Southern Association of the Amateur Athletic Union's long fight for white supremacy in New Orleans and the South / Mark Dyreson

Called off, on account of darkness: the AAU, the AFL, and civic development in Jim Crow New Orleans / Gregory L. Richard and Thomas Aiello

'In spite of ourselves' they were the pride of New Orleans: the role of race, gender, and the media in the demise of the Crescent City's women's professional basketball franchise, 1979-1981 / Stacy Lynn Tanner

When the Saints went marching in: social identity in the world champion New Orleans Saints football team and its impact on their host city / Elizabeth Booksh Burns.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. New York Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on June 21, 2019).

Other Format:

Print version: New Orleans sports

ISBN:

9781610756709

1610756703

Publisher Number:

40029308551

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.