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Seattle Sports : Play, Identity, and Pursuit in the Emerald City.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Scott, Terry Anne.
- Series:
- Sport, Culture, and Society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Sports--Washington (State)--Seattle--History.
- Sports.
- Athletes--Washington (State)--Seattle--Biography.
- Athletes.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (299 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Other Title:
- Seattle Sports
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago : University of Arkansas Press, 2020.
- Summary:
- "Seattle Sports: Play, Identity, and Pursuit in the Emerald City explores the vast and varied history of sports in Seattle. From national championships to intracommunal play and the elimination of racial, ethnic, and gender barriers, the essays in Seattle Sports explore the city's highly visible as well as more clandestine sporting moments"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Series Editor's Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1. Winless in Seattle: A History of the Seattle Mariners, 1977-1994 (Chris Donnelly)
- 2. Inconceivable Victors: Lenny Wilkens and the 1978-1979 Seattle SuperSonics (Terry Anne Scott)
- 3. Play/Gay Ball! The Emerald City Softball Association and the Making of Community (Rita Liberti)
- 4. "Is Seattle in Alaska?": My Life on the City's Courts and the Centrality of Seattle Basketball in the Creation of Modern Legends (Anthony Washington)
- 5. "That Splendid Medium of Free Play": Japanese American Sports in Seattle during the Interwar Years (Shelley Lee)
- 6. Seattle's Rat City Roller Derby: Making Strides and Pushing Boundaries (Jamie Barnhorst)
- 7. Ultimate: Seattle's Greatest Export (Elliot Trotter)
- 8. Helene Madison, Aquatics Queen: Seattle's First Sport Hero (Maureen M. Smith)
- 9. More Than Just an Athlete: Race, Identity, and the Seattle Seahawks (Shafina Khaki)
- 10. The First American Hockey Town: Seattle's Place in the Margins of Hockey History (Christine S. Maggio)
- Notes
- Contributors
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781610757232
- 1610757238
- OCLC:
- 1131865210
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