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Autorenporträt
Elliott J. Gorn is Professor of History and American Civilization at Brown University. He is author of many books, including Dillinger's Wild Ride: The Year That Made America's Public Enemy Number One and Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America, and coauthor of A Brief History of American Sports.
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Prologue: The English Prize Ring1. Hats in the Ring "The Tremendous Man of Colour" First Blood Professors of Pugilism Ideology and the Ring2. The First American Champions The Rise of "Yankee" Sullivan The Battle of Hastings "The Great $10,000 Match between Sullivan and Hyer"3. The Age of Heroes "The Good Time Coming" The Era of John Morrissey The Fate of Champions4. The Meanings of Prize Fighting Working-Class Culture in Antebellum Cities Meaning in Mayhem The Rites of Violence5. Triumph and Decline "The Great Contest for the Championship of the World" Civil Wars "... The Gangs Who Rage and Howl at the Ropes"6. "Fight Like a Gentleman, You Son of a Bitch, If You Can" The Rise of Sports The Strenuous Life Fighting Clerks, Boxing Brahmins, Vigorous Victorians7. The End of the Bare-Knuckle Era "My Name's John L. Sullivan and I Can Lick Any Son-of-a-Bitch Alive" The New Order "... Nigh New Orleans upon an Emerald Plain..." "The Champion of All Champions"Epilogue: The Manly Art Afterword to the Updated EditionNotes Selected Bibliography Index
Prologue: The English Prize Ring1. Hats in the Ring "The Tremendous Man of Colour" First Blood Professors of Pugilism Ideology and the Ring2. The First American Champions The Rise of "Yankee" Sullivan The Battle of Hastings "The Great $10,000 Match between Sullivan and Hyer"3. The Age of Heroes "The Good Time Coming" The Era of John Morrissey The Fate of Champions4. The Meanings of Prize Fighting Working-Class Culture in Antebellum Cities Meaning in Mayhem The Rites of Violence5. Triumph and Decline "The Great Contest for the Championship of the World" Civil Wars "... The Gangs Who Rage and Howl at the Ropes"6. "Fight Like a Gentleman, You Son of a Bitch, If You Can" The Rise of Sports The Strenuous Life Fighting Clerks, Boxing Brahmins, Vigorous Victorians7. The End of the Bare-Knuckle Era "My Name's John L. Sullivan and I Can Lick Any Son-of-a-Bitch Alive" The New Order "... Nigh New Orleans upon an Emerald Plain..." "The Champion of All Champions"Epilogue: The Manly Art Afterword to the Updated EditionNotes Selected Bibliography Index
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