학술논문
"Spanning the Globe to Bring You the Constant Variety of Sports": Teaching the United States and the World in the Cold War.
Document Type
Article
Author
Source
Subject
*HISTORY of sports
*COLD War, 1945-1991
*TWENTIETH century
*EDUCATION
FOREIGN relations of the United States
20TH century history of race relations in the United States
SOVIET Union-United States relations
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Language
ISSN
0021-8723
Abstract
The article discusses teaching the U.S.'s foreign relations during the Cold War, with a particular focus on sports during this period. An overview of the teaching of race relations and international U.S. sports, including the professional boxer Muhammad Ali's (or Cassius Clay's) participation in the 1960 Rome, Italy Olympic Games, is provided. U.S.'s relations with the Soviet Union are discussed.