Moore, Louis, 1978-

I fight for a living : boxing and the battle for black manhood, 1880-1915 / Louis Moore. - Urbana : University of Illinois, (c)2017. - 1 online resource.

Includes bibliographies and index.

""Cover""; ""Title""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Bring Home the Bacon: The Black Proletariat and the Prizefighter""; ""2 Race Man or Race Menace? Pugilists, Patriarchy, and Pathology""; ""3 Black Men and the Business of Boxing""; ""4 Colored Championship and Color Lines""; ""5 Sambos, Savages, and the Shakiness of Whiteness""; ""6 Following the Color Line: Progressive Reform and the Fear of the Black Fighter""; ""Epilogue""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""



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Boxing--History--United States--19th century.
Boxing--History--United States--20th century.
African American boxers.
Racism in sports--History.--United States
Discrimination in sports--History.--United States


Electronic Books.

GV1125 / .I354 2017