Wartime Basketball: The Emergence of a National Sport During World War II
- ISBN-10
- 0803286929
- ISBN-13
- 9780803286924
- Category
- Basketball
- Pages
- 380
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016
- Authors
- Stark, Douglas Andrew Stark
Description
Introduction: A new game -- America goes to war, 1941-1942 -- The color line falls, 1942-1943 -- Wartime basketball, 1943-1944 -- The big man cometh, 1944-1945 -- Looking toward the future, 1945-1946 -- Epilogue: Basketball arrives
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