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I Fight for a LivingBoxing and the Battle for Black Manhood, 1880–1915LOUIS MOORE“Moore moves the reader beyond Jack Johnson by telling the stories of a generation of African Americans who labored with their fists at the beginning of the twentieth century. He weaves a narrative of migratory labor, racism, masculinity, and consumption that shaped the lives of working fighters.”—Derrick E. White, coeditor of Winning While Losing: Civil Rights, the Conservative Move-ment, and the Presidency from Nixon to Obama240 pp. 6 x 9. 15 b & w photos. 2017. Paperback 978-0-252-08287-0. $27.95; E-book

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Pigskin NationHow the NFL Remade American PoliticsJESSE BERRETT“One of the best books I have read on the politics and culture of sports in the modern United States. This terrific study shows how football both reflected and transformed American politics and culture during the long 1960s.”—Larry Glickman, author of Buying Power: A History of Consumer Activism in America304 pp. 6 x 9. 19 b & w photos. 2018. Paperback 978-0-252-08332-7. $24.95; E-book

The Revolt of the Black Athlete50th Anniversary EditionHARRY EDWARDSWith a new introduction and afterword

”The legendary Harry Edwards illuminates this edition with a deeply probing and personal half-century of perspectives, reflections, and wisdom. A generation later, it remains relevant to the current climate of athletic activism, and cannot be read without profit.”—Al-Tony Gilmore, Historian and Archivist Emeritus, National Education Association

232 pp. 6 x 9. 26 b & w photos, 1 line drawing. 2017. Hardcover 978-0-252-04107-5. $29.95; 2018. Paperback 978-0-252-08406-5. $19.95

HockeyA Global HistorySTEPHEN HARDY AND ANDREW C. HOLMAN“This book captures the sport of hockey from its beginnings throughout the world and how it has evolved into the great international sport that we have today. A must read for anyone with a pas-sion for hockey.”—Bill Cleary, 1960 Olympic gold medalist

600 pp. 6.125 x 9.25. 39 b & w photos, 2 line drawings, 4 tables. 2018. Paperback 978-0-252-08397-6. $29.95; E-book

BaseballA History of America’s GameFourth EditionBENJAMIN G. RADERIn this fourth edition, Benjamin G. Rader updates the text with a portrait of baseball’s new order. He charts an on-the-field game transformed by analytics, an influx of Latino and Asian players, and a generation of players groomed for brute power both on the mound and at the plate. He also analyzes the behind-the-scenes revolution that brought in billions of dollars.

320 pp. 6 x 9. 32 b & w photos, 15 tables. 2018. Paperback 978-0-252-08374-7. $22.95; E-book

Kansas City vs. OaklandThe Bitter Sports Rivalry That Defined an Era MATTHEW C. EHRLICH”What a wonderful book for the sports fan or ur-ban historian! Kansas City and Oakland were two second-class cities struggling for respect. This book tells the story of the competition between their big-league teams . . . a great and informative read.”—Bruce Kuklick, author of To Every Thing a Season: Shibe Park and Urban Philadelphia, 1909–1976256 pp. 6 x 9. 16 b & w photos, 2 maps. 2019. Paperback 978-0-252-08449-2. $19.95; E-book

The Gold in the RingsThe People and Events That Transformed the Olympic GamesSTEPHEN R. WENN AND ROBERT K. BARNEY“Wenn and Barney have produced another foun-dational text in Olympic history, this one exploring the deepening ties between the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and the generation of commercial revenue.”—Kevin Witherspoon, author of Before the Eyes of the World: Mexico and the 1968 Olympic Games360 pp. 6.125 x 9.25. 23 b & w photos. February 2020. Paper 978-0-252-08452-2. $24.95; E-book

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Sex TestingGender Policing in Women’s SportsLINDSAY PARKS PIEPER“Pieper does an exceptional job of detailing the history and methods of sex/gender testing and of connecting the phenomenon to larger sociologi-cal issues about appropriate physical activity for women. . . . Essential.”—Choice264 pp. 6 x 9. 20 b & w photos, 3 charts, 2 tables. 2016. Paperback 978-0-252-08168-2. $22.95; E-bookA Choice Outstanding Academic Title

Bloomer GirlsWomen Baseball PioneersDEBRA A. SHATTUCK”Shattuck sets out to discover how a gender- neutral game became so masculine by research-ing women’s organized baseball from antebellum American through the turn of the century. . . . This volume belongs in many public library sports-history and gender-studies collections.” —Booklist328 pp. 6.125 9.25. 17 b & w photos, 7 tables. 2017. Paperback 978-0-252-08186-6. $25.95; E-book

Cold War GamesPropaganda, the Olympics, and U.S. Foreign PolicyTOBY C. RIDER”Rider provides an in-depth expose of the con-siderable value granted to athletic success. . . . Highly recommended.”—Choice

“A particularly fascinating piece of diplomatic history.”—Diplomat and International Canada256 pp. 6 x 9. 8 b & w photos. 2016. Paperback 978-0-252-08169-9. $24.95; E-book

The Rise and Fall of Olympic AmateurismMATTHEW P. LLEWELLYN AND JOHN GLEAVES“The authors do a marvelous job highlighting the rise of amateurism from its stoic British roots, through Baron Pierre de Coubertin and other IOC Presidents to its de facto champion in Avery Brundage. The real benefit of the book, however, is that they also manage to show just how compli-cated and convoluted this journey was and indeed continues to be. Highly recommended.” —Sport in American History272 pp. 6 x 9. 9 b & w photos. 2016. Paperback 978-0-252-08184-2. $19.95; E-book

GlobetrottingAfrican American Athletes and Cold War PoliticsDAMION L. THOMAS“What Damion L. Thomas does in Globetrotting is put the role of athletes front and center, providing welcome depth to this well-known story line. Thomas also demonstrates how these ‘Cold War-riors’ began to control the diplomatic missions, straying from the State Department’s script to interpret their travels for themselves.” —The Journal of American History232 pp. 2017. Paperback 978-0-252-08263-4. $25.00; E-book

Game FacesSport Celebrity and the Laws of ReputationSARAH K. FIELDS”Although most of us are not celebrities, many people in many disciplines will profit from consid-ering the tension between the media and the free-dom they are provided by the First Amendment and the personal autonomy of famous people to control (and profit from) their names, images, and likenesses.”—Daniel A. Nathan, author of Saying It’s So: A Cultural History of the Black Sox Scandal216 pp. 6 x 9. 2016. Paperback 978-0-252-08173-6. $24.95; E-book

Team ChemistryThe History of Drugs and Alcohol in Major League BaseballNATHAN MICHAEL CORZINE“Nathan Michael Corzine goes past the mythol-ogy and digs deep to reveal a game splashed with spilled whiskey and tobacco stains from its origins, where substances of various stripes were valued for the supposed ability to help athletes play better.”—Alternet248 pp. 6 x 9. 2016. Paperback 978-0-252-08133-0. $19.95; E-book

Wounded LionsJoe Paterno, Jerry Sandusky, and the Crises in Penn State AthleticsRONALD A. SMITH“For those well acquainted with Intercollegiate Athletics or for the casual fan this meticulous history will be a revelation. . . . What Ron Smith has done is produce a detailed indictment of an isolated administrative and athletic culture that left the institution and its representatives unable ‘to do the right thing,’ when faced with a crisis.” —Huffington Post288 pp. 6.125 x 9.25. 19 b & w photos. 2016. Paperback 978-0-252-08149-1. $21.95; E-book