Description for Counterpunch
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, 23 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; HBJK; WDP; WQH; WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 477.
Boxing was popular in the American West long before Las Vegas became its epicenter. However, not everyone in the region was a fan. Counterpunch examines how the sport’s meteoric rise in popularity in the West ran concurrently with a growing backlash among Progressive Era social reformers who saw boxing as barbaric. These tensions created a morality war that pitted state officials against city leaders, boxing promoters against social reformers, and fans against religious groups. Historian Meg Frisbee focuses on several legendary heavyweight prizefights of the period and the protests they inspired to explain why western geography, economy, and culture ultimately ... Read more
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Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
Seattle, United States
ISBN
9780295995465
SKU
V9780295995465
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About Meg Frisbee
Meg Frisbee is assistant professor of history at Metropolitan State University of Denver.
Reviews for Counterpunch
"Frisbee has written a lively and engaging book about boxing in the American West, with a particular focus on the turn-of-the-century Progressive Era. . . . Counterpunch is a finely researched, nuanced, and well-written study that deserves a wide readership among historians of sports, the West, and Progressive Era America."
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