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Showing 1 - 12 of 14 results for “david k wiggins”
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  • Ball in My Hands

    Essays on Black Athletes, Race, and American Culture

    by David K. Wiggins ...
    Series series Sport & Popular Culture
    When David K. Wiggins released his first anthology of previously published essays on race and sport in 1997, African American athletes were receiving more popular interest and scholarly attention. The growth of sport history as an academic discipline, combined with an increased interest in Black life and history, had led to the publication of numerous biographies of African American athletes, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Black Mercuries

    African American Athletes, Race, and the Modern Olympic Games

    by Kevin B. Witherspoon, Mark Dyreson, David K. Wiggins ...
    “An essential source on African American athletes and Olympic history.”-Booklist, Starred Review, and a Booklist Top 10 Sports Book of 2023The first book to fully chronicle the struggles and triumphs of African American athletes in the Modern Olympic summer games.In the modern Olympic Games, from 1896 through the present, African American athletes have sought to honor themselves, their race, and ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • More Than a Game

    A History of the African American Experience in Sport

    by David K. Wiggins ...
    Series series The African American Experience Series
    More than a Game discusses how African American men and women sought to participate in sport and what that participation meant to them, the African American community, and the United States more generally. Recognizing the complicated history of race in America and how sport can both divide and bring people together, the book chronicles the ways in which African Americans overcame racial ... Read more

    $37.99 USD

  • Sport and the Color Line

    Black Athletes and Race Relations in Twentieth Century America

    Edited by Patrick B. Miller, David K. Wiggins ...
    The year 2003 marks the one-hundredth anniversary of W.E.B. Du Bois' "Souls of Black Folk," in which he declared that "the color line" would be the problem of the twentieth century. Half a century later, Jackie Robinson would display his remarkable athletic skills in "baseball's great experiment." Now, "Sport and the Color Line" takes a look at the last century through the lens of sports and race, ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • African Americans in Sports

    by David K. Wiggins ...
    This two-volume set features 400 articles on African-Americans in sports, including biographical entries as well as entries on events, tournaments, leagues, clubs, films, and associations. The entries cover all professional, amateur, and college sports such as baseball, tennis, and golf. ... Read more

    $239.99 USD

  • Beyond C. L. R. James

    Shifting Boundaries of Race and Ethnicity in Sports

    Edited by John Nauright, Alan G. Gobley, David K. Wiggins ...
    Series series Sports in modern america
    Beyond C. L. R. James brings together essays analyzing the intercon¬nections among race, ethnicity, and sport. Published in memory of C. L. R. James, the revolutionary sociologist and writer from Trinidad who penned the famous autobiographical account of cricket titled Beyond a Boundary, this collection of essays, many of which originated at the 2010 conference on race and ethnicity in sport at ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • LA Sports

    Play, Games, and Community in the City of Angels

    Edited by Wayne Wilson, David K. Wiggins ...
    Series series Sport, Culture, and Society
    LA Sports brings together sixteen essays covering various aspects of the development and changing nature of sport in one of America’s most fascinating and famous cities. The writers cover a range of topics, including the history of car racing and ice skating, the development of sport venues, the power of the Mexican fan base in American soccer leagues, the intersecting life stories of Jackie and ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Routledge History of American Sport

    Edited by Linda J. Borish, David K. Wiggins, Gerald R. Gems ...
    Series series Routledge Histories
    The Routledge History of American Sport provides the first comprehensive overview of historical research in American sport from the early Colonial period to the present day. Considering sport through innovative themes and topics such as the business of sport, material culture and sport, the political uses of sport, and gender and sport, this text offers an interdisciplinary analysis of American ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • DC Sports

    The Nation's Capital at Play

    Edited by Chris Elzey, David K. Wiggins ...
    Series series Sport, Culture, and Society
    Washington, DC, is best known for its politics and monuments, but sport has always been an integral part of the city, and Washingtonians are among the country’s most avid sports fans. DC Sports gathers seventeen essays examining the history of sport in the nation’s capital, from turn-of-the-century venues such as the White Lot, Griffith Stadium, and DC Memorial Stadium to Howard-Lincoln ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • Separate Games

    African American Sport behind the Walls of Segregation

    Edited by David K. Wiggins, Ryan Swanson ...
    Series series Sport, Culture, and Society
    Winner of the 2017 NASSH Book Award for best edited collection.The hardening of racial lines during the first half of the twentieth century eliminated almost all African Americans from white organized sports, forcing black athletes to form their own teams, organizations, and events. This separate sporting culture, explored in the twelve essays included here, comprised much more than athletic ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Sport and Revolutionaries

    Reclaiming the Historical Role of Sport in Social and Political Activism

    Edited by John Nauright, David K Wiggins ...
    Series series Sport in the Global Society - Historical Perspectives
    This collection examines the role of sport in the lives of key revolutionary thinkers and leftist activists. In contrast to those who take a more romantic view of sport and believe in its apolitical nature, the eight essays help make clear how sport has served as a site for political activism and the revolutionary thought and practices of such individuals as Henry Mayers Hyndman, Vladimer Ilyich ... Read more

    $68.99 USD

  • Philly Sports

    Teams, Games, and Athletes from Rocky's Town

    Edited by Ryan Swanson, David K. Wiggins ...
    Series series Sport, Culture, and Society
    Philadelphia sports—anchored by the Eagles, Flyers, Phillies, and 76ers—have a long, and sometimes tortured, history. Philly fans have booed more than their share and have earned a reputation as some of the most hostile in the country. They’ve been known, so the tales go, to jeer Santa Claus and cheer at the injury of an opposing player.Strangely though, much of America’s perception of ... Read more

    $19.99 USD