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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Contents |
Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowlegments: Journeyman Research and the Sweet Science -- Chapter 1. Introduction: The Problem of Prizefighting in Cuba and Mexico -- Chapter 2. Prizefighting and Civilization in the Mexican Public Sphere in the Nineteenth Century -- Chapter 3. "Who Will Say We Are Not Progressing": Cuba, Race, and Boxing in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -- Chapter 4. "Nigger" Prizefighters in Havana: The Transnational Spectacle of Race and Boxing -- Chapter 5. "The Revolution Came and Passed Out Gloves to Everyone." |
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Chapter 6. Marching at the Head of Civilization -- Conclusion: Legacies of Domesticating the Exotic in Cuba and Mexico -- Notes -- Bilbliography -- Index |
| Summary |
In Prizefighting and Civilization: A Cultural History of Boxing, Race, and Masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840-1940, historian David C. LaFevor traces the history of pugilism in Mexico and Cuba from its controversial beginnings in the mid-nineteenth century through its exponential rise in popularity during the early twentieth century. |
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| Subject |
Boxing -- Social aspects -- Mexico.
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Boxing -- Social aspects. |
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Mexico. |
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Boxing. |
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Boxing -- Social aspects -- Cuba.
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Cuba. |
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Masculinity in sports -- Mexico.
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Masculinity in sports. |
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Masculinity in sports -- Cuba.
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Racism in sports.
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Racism in sports. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: LaFevor, David C. Prizefighting and Civilization : A Cultural History of Boxing, Race, and Masculinity in Mexico and Cuba, 1840-1940. Albuquerque : University of New Mexico Press, ©2020 |
| ISBN |
0826361595 (electronic book) |
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9780826361592 (electronic book) |
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0826361587 |
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9780826361585 |
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