The Manly Art : : Bare-Knuckle Prize Fighting in America / / Elliott J. Gorn.
"It didn't occur to me until fairly late in the work that I was writing a book about the beginnings of a national celebrity culture. By 1860, a few boxers had become heroes to working-class men, and big fights drew considerable newspaper coverage, most of it quite negative since the whole...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Ithaca, NY : : Cornell University Press, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Edition: | Updated Edition |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Preface
- Prologue: The English Prize Ring
- 1. Hats in the Ring
- 2. The First American Champions
- 3. The Age of Heroes
- 4. The Meanings of Prize Fighting
- 5. Triumph and Decline
- 6. "Fight Like a Gentleman, You Son of a Bitch, If You Can"
- 7. The End of the Bare-Knuckle Era
- Epilogue: The Manly Art
- Afterword to the Updated Edition
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Index