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876878
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Thomas, Damion L.
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| Title & Author
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Globetrotting : : African American athletes and Cold war politics /\ Damion L. Thomas.
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| Publication Statement
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Urbana :: University of Illinois Press,, [2012]
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, ©2012
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| Series Statement
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Sport and society
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1 online resource.
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| ISBN
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0252094298
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: 128371437X
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: 9780252094293
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: 9781283714372
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0252037170
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9780252037177
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-200) and index.
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| Contents
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The showcase African American: Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, and the politics of Cold War prosperity and repression -- "Spreading the gospel of basketball": the Harlem Globetrotters, the State Department, and the minstrel tradition, 1945-54 -- Playing politics: the formation of the U.S. Cold War-era athletic foreign policy -- "The good Negroes": propaganda and the racial crisis -- Black power: international politics and the revolt of the black athlete.
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| Abstract
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This probing history examines government attempts to manipulate international perceptions of US race relations during the Cold War by sending African American athletes abroad on goodwill tours and in international competitions as cultural ambassadors and visible symbols of American values.
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African American athletes-- Social conditions.
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African Americans-- Sports-- History.
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Cold War-- Influence.
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Discrimination in sports-- United States.
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Racism in sports-- United States.
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Sports-- United States-- History.
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African American athletes-- Social conditions
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Discrimination in sports
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GAMES-- Gambling-- Sports.
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Politics and government.
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Racism in sports
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SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Ethnic Studies-- African American Studies.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- Business Aspects.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- Essays.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- History.
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SPORTS RECREATION-- Reference.
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Sports
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TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Sports.
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War-- Influence.
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United States, Politics and government, 1945-1989.
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United States
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| Dewey Classification
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796.08996073
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| LC Classification
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GV583
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