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Wartime Basketball: The Emergence of a National Sport During World War IIWartime Basketball tells the story of basketball's survival and development during World War II and how those years profoundly affected the game's growth after the war. Prior to World War II, basketball professional and collegiate was largely a regional game, with different styles played throughout the country. Among its many impacts on home front life, the war forced pro and amateur leagues to contract and combine rosters to stay competitive. At the
Wartime Basketball tells the story of basketball's survival and development during World War II and how those years profoundly affected the game's growth after the war. Prior to World War II, basketball--professional and collegiate--was largely a regional game, with different styles played throughout the country. Among its many impacts on home-front life, the war forced pro and amateur leagues to contract and combine rosters to stay competitive. At the same time, the U.S. military created base teams made up of top players who found themselves in uniform. The war created the opportunity for players from different parts of the country to play with and against each other. As a result, a more consistent form of basketball began to take shape. The rising popularity of the professional game led to the formation of the World Professional Basketball Tournament (WPBT) in 1939. The original March Madness, the WPBT was played in Chicago for ten years and allowed professional, amateur, barnstorming, and independent teams to compete in a round-robin tournament. The WPBT included all-black and integrated teams in the first instance where all-black teams could compete for a "world series of basketball" against white teams. Wartime Basketball describes how the WPBT paved the way for the National Basketball League to integrate in December 1942, five years before Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball. Weaving stories from the court into wartime and home-front culture like a finely threaded bounce pass, Wartime Basketball sheds light on important developments in the sport's history that have been largely overlooked.Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 05/01/2016
ISBN: 9780803245280
Pages: 384
Weight: 1.56lbs
Size: 9.29h x 6.23w x 1.24d
Review Citations: Library Journal 06/01/2016 pg. 98
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★★★★★ 5
This is a good book to read and understand how the European nations ...
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This is a good book to read and understand how the European nations deployed their armies around the world to extract natural resources from other nations. Now, we have developing and underdeveloped nations.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2017
★★★★★ 4
Interesting book, dull period
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As a Marxist historian, Hobsbawm sees the world at this time, as well as the modern world, as a playground for the forces of capitalism. He apologizes for taking a eurocentric approach to world history, while acknowledging that Europe largely determined the course of world events during this period. In spite of the title, there actually isn't much discussion of colonial empires; Hobsbawm seems more interested in how the Age of Empire affected the rulers more than the ruled. His Marxist sympathies are in evidence and at times make his conclusions a bit predictable, but some of his cultural critiques are quite brilliant. The chapter on the dilemmas posed by modern science is exceptional. Reading a book like this seems to me much more interesting than actually living in this period would have been.
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Reviewed in the United States on May 23, 2014
★★★★★ 5
is incredibly informative and wonderfully written. But it is not an easy read
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This series of books by Hobsbawm, The Age of Revolution, The Age of Capital, The Age of Empire, The Age of Extremes, is incredibly informative and wonderfully written. But it is not an easy read.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2016
★★★★★ 5
This book is fantastic! He lays out the exact reasons and situations ...
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This book is fantastic! He lays out the exact reasons and situations that led the European continent to the brink of war, while explaining all sides.
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Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2017
★★★★★ 5
A masterpiece.
Terrific!
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Reviewed in the United States on March 9, 2016