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BL
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1041724
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b796094
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| Main Entry
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May, Reuben A. Buford,1965-
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| Title & Author
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Living through the hoop : : high school basketball, race, and the American dream /\ Reuben A. Buford May.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: New York University Press,, ©2008.
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1 online resource (xvii, 243 pages)
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| ISBN
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0814789900
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: 0814795617
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: 9780814789902
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: 9780814795613
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0814757294
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9780814757291
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 227-236) and index.
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| Contents
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A look through the hoop -- For the good of all -- The three D's : drugs, drinking, and delinquency -- Race and hoops everyday -- Knight style masculinity -- Sportsmanship and the need to win -- The dirty trick -- Epilogue : the death of Calvin Cody.
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| Abstract
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Visit the author's YouTube channel!. When high school basketball player LeBron James was selected as the top pick in the National Basketball Association draft of 2003, the hopes of a half-million high school basketball players soared. If LeBron could go straight from high school to the NBA, why couldn't they? Such is the allure of basketball for so many young African American men. Unfortunately, the reality is that their chances of ever playing basketball at the professional, or even college, level are infinitesimal. In Living Through the Hoop , Reuben A. Buford May tells the absorbing story o.
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Basketball players-- Georgia.
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Basketball-- Moral and ethical aspects-- United States.
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Basketball-- United States-- Sociological aspects.
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Basketball players.
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Basketball-- Moral and ethical aspects.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- Basketball.
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Georgia.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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796.323/62
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GV885.7.M39 2008eb
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