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Can I read Sandlot Seasons: Sport in Black Pittsburgh (SPS) on EtoBox?
Sandlot Seasons: Sport in Black Pittsburgh (SPS) by Ruck, Rob, 1950- is a book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Sandlot Seasons: Sport in Black Pittsburgh (SPS) about?
A new preface updates this richly detailed look at the major role sport played in shaping Pittsburgh's black community from the Roaring Twenties through the Korean War. Rob Ruck reveals how sandlot, amateur, and professional athletics helped black Pittsburgh realize its potential for self-organization, expression, and creativity.
- Author
- Ruck, Rob, 1950-
- Publisher
- Urbana: University of Illinois Press
- Published
- 1987
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780252013225
- Subjects
- Sports, Anthropology, History
- Rating
- 4.9 / 5 (9 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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