The athletic crusade
Subtitle: sport and American cultural imperialism
By: Gerald Gems.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Lincoln, Neb
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780803222168
Subjects: Sports and state -- United States.; Sports -- Social aspects -- United States -- History.; Racism -- United States.; Imperialism -- Psychological aspects.; Civilization -- American influences.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 19th century.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 20th century.; United States -- Territorial expansion.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Race, religion, and manifest destiny; title: China and the rejection of Christianity; title: Baseball and bushido in Japan; title: Sport and colonialism in the Philippines; title: Hawaii as a cultural crossroads of sport; title: Cuba and the rehabilitative qualities of sport; title: Sport and the restoration of pride in Puerto Rico; title: Sport and economic retaliation in the Dominican Republic; title: The outposts of empire; title: The globalization of sport.