The Cambridge companion to boxing / edited by Gerald Early.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Early, Gerald Lyn, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boxing--History.

Boxing.

History.

Boxers (Sports)--History.

Boxers (Sports).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xliv, 352 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2019.

System Details:

text file

PDF

Summary:

While humans have used their hands to engage in combat since the dawn of man, boxing originated in Ancient Greece as an Olympic event. It is one of the most popular, controversial and misunderstood sports in the world. For its advocates, it is a heroic expression of unfettered individualism. For its critics, it is a depraved and ruthless physical and commercial exploitation of mostly poor young men. This Companion offers engaging and informative essays about the social impact and historical importance of the sport of boxing. It includes a comprehensive chronology of the sport, listing all the important events and personalities. Essays examine topics such as women in boxing, boxing and the rise of television, boxing in Africa, boxing and literature, and boxing and Hollywood films. A unique book for scholars and fans alike, this Companion explores the sport from its inception in Ancient Greece to the death of its most celebrated figure, Muhammad Ali.

Contents:

Boxing in the ancient world / Byron J. Nakamura - The bare-knuckle era / Elliott J. Gorn

Jem Mace and the making of modern boxing / Adam Chill

Race and boxing in the nineteenth century / Louis Moore

Joe Gans and his contemporaries :tThe contest for supremacy in the Queensberry realm / Colleen Aycock

Dempsey-Tunney, Tunney-Greb, and the 1920s / Carlo Rotella

- Prime time and crime time : boxing in the 1950s / Troy Rondinone

The Africans : boxing and Africa / Adeyinka Makinde - A century of fighting Latinos : from the margins to the mainstream / Benita Heiskanen

Women's boxing : bout time / Cathy van Ingen

Jews in twentieth century boxing / Steven A. Riess

A surprising dearth of top English-born Jewish fighters in the bareknuckle era / Tony Gee

Joe Louis : "you should have seen him then" / Randy Roberts

The furious beauty of Sugar Ray / Wil Haygood

Echoes from the jungle : Muhammad Ali in the early 70s / Lewis Erenberg

The unusable champions : Sonny Liston (1962-1964) and Larry Holmes (1978-1985) / Michael Ezra

Emile Griffith : an underrated champion / Mark Scott

Pierce Egan, boxing, and British nationalism / Adam Chill

Jose Torres : the boxer as writer / Adeyinka Makinde

"Well, what was it really like?" : George Plimpton, Norman Mailer, and the heavyweights / Kasia Boddy

Jack London and the great white hopes of boxing literature / Scott D. Emmert

Body and soul of the screen boxer / Leger Grindon

Black slaver : Jack Johnson and the Mann Act / Rebecca Wanzo

Yesternow : Jack Johnson, documentary film, and the politics of jazz / Benjamin Cawthra

Opera for boxers / Rosalind Early

The voice of boxing : a brief history of American broadcasting ringside / Colleen Aycock

Ralph Wiley's surprising serenity / Shelley Fisher Fishkin

Muhammad Ali, King of the inauthentic / Gerald Early.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 17 Jan 2019).

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ISBN:

9781107415355

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