Muhammad Ali, the People's Champ
«Second Place for Best Cover Design, 1-2 colors, the Mid-America Publishers Association Book Awards, 1996.
"If there's thought on Muhammad Ali that's not contained inside these covers, it doesn't count."--Rick Telander, Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist»
Ali as cultural icon, antiwar protestor, narcissist ... this is the first book to comprehensively evaluate Ali's import outside the boxing ring Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of Illinois Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780252067211
- Utgivelsesår
- 1998
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
- Priser
- <DIV>Second Place for Best Cover Design, 1-2 colors, the Mid-America Publishers Association Book Awards, 1996.</DIV> 1996
Anmeldelser
«Second Place for Best Cover Design, 1-2 colors, the Mid-America Publishers Association Book Awards, 1996.
"If there's thought on Muhammad Ali that's not contained inside these covers, it doesn't count."--Rick Telander, Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist»
"Offers real insight into the Ali phenomenon."--Gabe Madway, San Francisco Review of Books
"An excellent history of Muhammad Ali as a public man. It is well-written, offering many fresh perspectives, and fills a significant gap in the historiography of Ali. . . . For scholars who are interested in the impact of boxing upon American culture and society, this work is essential reading."--Michael O. Smith, The Historian
"An extraordinarily valuable and passionate collection of commentaries on Ali the cultural icon."--Daniel Nathan, Journal of Sport History