Includes bibliographical references (pages [191]-200) and index.
CONTENTS NOTE
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The showcase African American: Paul Robeson, Jackie Robinson, and the politics of Cold War prosperity and repression -- "Spreading the gospel of basketball": the Harlem Globetrotters, the State Department, and the minstrel tradition, 1945-54 -- Playing politics: the formation of the U.S. Cold War-era athletic foreign policy -- "The good Negroes": propaganda and the racial crisis -- Black power: international politics and the revolt of the black athlete.
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SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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This probing history examines government attempts to manipulate international perceptions of US race relations during the Cold War by sending African American athletes abroad on goodwill tours and in international competitions as cultural ambassadors and visible symbols of American values.
ACQUISITION INFORMATION NOTE
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MIL
Stock Number
402687
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Title
Globetrotting
International Standard Book Number
9780252037177 (hardcover : alk. paper)
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
African American athletes-- Social conditions.
African Americans-- Sports-- History.
Cold War-- Influence.
Discrimination in sports-- United States.
Racism in sports-- United States.
Sports-- United States-- History.
African American athletes-- Social conditions
Discrimination in sports
GAMES-- Gambling-- Sports.
Politics and government.
Racism in sports
SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Ethnic Studies-- African American Studies.
Sports
SPORTS & RECREATION-- Business Aspects.
SPORTS & RECREATION-- Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION-- History.
SPORTS & RECREATION-- Reference.
TRAVEL-- Special Interest-- Sports.
War-- Influence.
GEOGRAPHICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
United States, Politics and government, 1945-1989.