Ellis Island to Ebbets Field: Sport and the American Jewis Experience

by Peter Levine

Book, 1993

Barcode

123461208

Call number

696 LEV

Tags

Biography, Sports

Genres

Collections

Community & Culture, Biography

Publication

New York New York, NY Oxford University Press, 1993

Description

A general study of Jewish participation in American sports, which focuses specifically on baseball, boxing and basketball. The author refutes the assumption that Jewish tradition has not been positive about sporting activities.

Subjects

Jewish athletes United States
Sports United States History

ISBN

0195085558 / 9780195085556

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