Hoops : a cultural history of basketball in America / Thomas Aiello.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Aiello, Thomas, 1977- author.

Contributor:

Bloomsbury (Firm), publisher.

Series:

American ways series.

The American ways series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Basketball--Social aspects--United States.

Basketball.

Basketball--United States--History.

Basketball--Social aspects.

United States.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (305 pages)

Distribution:

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing(US), 2022.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2022]

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Prologue

1: Muscular Christianity

2: Professionalizing the Amateur Game

3: The Negro Leagues

4: Early Collegiate Basketball

5: The Growth of the Women's Game

6: Midcentury Scandal

7: The Birth of the National Basketball Association

8: Integration

9: Race and Civil Rights

10: The American Basketball Association and the Merger

11: Magic and Larry

12: The Jordan Rules

13: College Basketball at the Millennium

14: The Rise of Women's Basketball

15: The NBA in the Twenty-­First Century

Epilogue

Bibliographic Essay

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 16, 2022).

ISBN:

979-82-16-40466-8

1-5381-4856-0

OCLC:

1291317185