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"To Serve A Larger Purpose" - Engagement For Democracy And The Transformation Of Higher Education

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 How to return democracy to the heart of a university's mission
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Evolution Of A Cricket Fan - My Shapeshifting Journey

by Samir Chopra

46,31€ + 10% CARD

 Samir Chopra is an immigrant, a "voluntary exile," who discovers he can tell the story of his life through cricket, a game that has long been an influence—really, an obsession—for him. In so doing, he reveals how his changing views on the sport mirror his journey of self-discovery. In The Evolution of a Cricket Fan, Chopra is thus able to reflect on his changing perceptions of self, and of the nations and cultures that have shaped his identity, politics, displacement, and fandom. Chopra’s passion for the sport began as a child, when he rooted for Pakistan and against his native India. When he migrated, he became a fan of the Indian team that gave him a sense of home among the various cultures he encountered in North America and Australia. This "shapeshifting" exposes the rift between the Old and the New world, which Chopra acknowledges is "cricket’s greatest modern crisis." But it also illuminates the identity dilemmas of post-colonial immigrants in the Indian diaspora. Chopra’s thoughts about the sport and its global influence are not those of a player. He provides access to the inner world of the global cricket fan navigating the world that colonial empire wrought and that cricket continues to connect and animate. He observes that the Indian cricket team carries many burdens—not only must they win cricket matches, but their style of play must generate a pride that assuages generations of wounds inflicted by history. And Chopra must navigate where he stands in that history. The Evolution of a Cricket Fan shows Chopra’s own wins and losses as his life takes new directions and his fandom changes allegiances.
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Whose Game? - Gender And Power In Fantasy Sports

by Rebecca Joyce Kissane e Sarah Winslow

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 Demonstrates how fantasy sport offers a space in which its participants experience gendered power while they engage in an active, competitive fandom
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Whose Game? - Gender And Power In Fantasy Sports

by Rebecca Joyce Kissane e Sarah Winslow

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 Demonstrates how fantasy sport offers a space in which its participants experience gendered power while they engage in an active, competitive fandom
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Soccer In A Football World - The Story Of America''S Forgotten Game

by David Wangerin

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 <div> David Beckham’s arrival in Los Angeles represents the latest attempt to jump-start soccer in the United States where, David Wangerin says, it "remains a minority sport." With the rest of the globe so resolutely attached to the game, why is soccer still mostly dismissed by Americans? Calling himself "a soccer fan born in the wrong country at nearly the wrong time," Wangerin writes with wit and passion about the sport’s struggle for acceptance in Soccer in a Football World. A Wisconsin native, he traces the fragile history of the game from its early capitulation to gridiron on college campuses to the United States’ impressive performance at the 2002 World Cup. Placing soccer in the context of American sport in general, he chronicles its enduring struggle alongside the country’s more familiar pursuits and recounts the shifting attitudes toward the "foreign" game. His story is one that will enrich the perspective of anyone whose heart beats for the sport, and is curious as to where the game has been in America—and where it might be headed. </div>
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Muhammad Ali - The Making Of An Icon

by Michael Ezra

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 Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Clay) has always engendered an emotional reaction from the public. This title describes Ali's pre-championship bouts, the management of his career and his legacy, exploring the promotional aspects of Ali and how they were wrapped up in political, economic, and cultural 'ownership'.
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Silent Gesture - The Autobiography Of Tommie Smith

by David Steele, Delois Smith e Tommie Smith

37,03€ + 10% CARD

 At the 1968 Olympics, Tommie Smith came in first in the 200-meter dash. As they received their medals, he and bronze winner John Carlos each raised a black-gloved fist, creating an indelible image of courage and protest that still resonates forty years later. This autobiography presents the story of that moment.
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One Less Car - Bicycling And The Politics Of Automobility

by Zack Furness

39,68€ + 10% CARD

 Examines what it means historically, culturally, socioeconomically, and politically to be a bicycle transportation advocate/activist. Presenting an underground subculture of bike enthusiasts who aggressively resist car culture, this book maps out the cultural trajectories between mobility, technology, urban space and everyday life.
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Long Distance Love - A Passion For Football

by Grant Farred

38,36€ + 10% CARD

 Features a scholar and a soccer fan telling us what the game meant for him.
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Mavericks, Money, And Men - The Afl, Black Players, And The Evolution Of Modern Football

by Charles Ross

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 <div> The American Football League, established in 1960, was innovative both in its commitment to finding talented, overlooked players—particularly those who played for historically black colleges and universities—and in the decision by team owners to share television revenues. In Mavericks, Money and Men, football historian Charles Ross chronicles the AFL’s key events, including Buck Buchanan becoming the first overall draft pick in 1963, and the 1965 boycott led by black players who refused to play in the AFL-All Star game after experiencing blatant racism. He also recounts how the success of the AFL forced a merger with the NFL in 1969, which arguably facilitated the evolution of modern professional football. Ross shows how the league, originally created as a challenge to the dominance of the NFL, pressured for and ultimately accelerated the racial integration of pro football and also allowed the sport to adapt to how African Americans were themselves changing the game. </div>
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Ball Don'T Lie - Myth, Genealogy, And Invention In The Cultures Of Basketball

by Yago Colas

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 <div> Pro basketball player Rasheed Wallace often exclaimed the pragmatic truth "Ball don’t lie!" during a game. It is a protest against a referee’s bad calls. But the slogan, which originated in pickup games, brings the reality of a racialized urban playground into mainstream American popular culture. In Ball Don’t Lie!, Yago Colás traces the various forms of power at work in the intersections between basketball and language from the game’s invention to the present day. He critiques existing popular myths concerning the history of basketball, contextualizes them, and presents an alternative history of the sport inspired by innovations. Colás emphasizes the creative prerogative of players and the ways in which their innovations shape—and are shaped by—broader cultural and social phenomena. Ball Don''t Lie! shows that basketball cannot be reduced to a single, fixed or timeless essence but instead is a continually evolving exhibition of physical culture that flexibly adapts to and sparks changes in American society. </div>
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Distant Corners - American Soccer''S History Of Missed Opportunities And Lost Causes

by David Wangerin

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 From bestselling author David Wangerin, a history of America's curious relationship with the "beautiful game"
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Sport And Neoliberalism - Politics, Consumption, And Culture

by Michael L Silk

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 How neoliberal politics appropriates sports for its own ends
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Sport And Neoliberalism - Politics, Consumption, And Culture

by Michael L Silk

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 How neoliberal politics appropriates sports for its own ends
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Silent Gesture - The Autobiography Of Tommie Smith

by David Steele, Delois Smith e Tommie Smith

32,43€ + 10% CARD

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 At the 1968 Olympics, Tommie Smith came in first in the 200-meter dash. As they received their medals, he and bronze winner John Carlos each raised a black-gloved fist, creating an indelible image of courage and protest that still resonates forty years later. This autobiography presents the story of that moment.
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A Sports Odyssey - My Ithaca Journal

by Grant Farred

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A Sports Odyssey - My Ithaca Journal

by Grant Farred

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 Forthcoming Spring 2025
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Body Factory - Exploiting University Athletes' Healthcare For Profit In The Training Room

by Kaitlin Pericak

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Body Factory - Exploiting University Athletes' Healthcare For Profit In The Training Room

by Kaitlin Pericak

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Whose Game? - Gender And Power In Fantasy Sports

by Rebecca Joyce Kissane e Sarah Winslow

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 Demonstrates how fantasy sport offers a space in which its participants experience gendered power while they engage in an active, competitive fandom
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The New York Young Lords And The Struggle For Liberation

by Darrel Wanzer-Serrano

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Upon The Ruins Of Liberty - Slavery, The President'S House At Independence National Historical Park, And Public Memory

by Roger C Aden

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The Evolution Of A Cricket Fan - My Shapeshifting Journey

by Samir Chopra

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Savage Portrayals - Race, Media And The Central Park Jogger Story

by Natalie Byfield

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 Casts new light on this famous crime and its far-reaching consequences for the wrongly accused and the justice system.
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