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The Greatest Fight of Our Generation: Louis Vs. Schmelingby Lewis A. ErenbergISBN 0195319990 (0-19-531999-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Greatest Fight of Our Generation: Louis Vs. Schmeling'Book summary:Held on June 22, 1938, in Yankee Stadium, the second Louis-Schmeling fight sparked excitement around the globe. For all its length--the fight lasted but two minutes--it remains one of the most memorable events in boxing history and, indeed, one of the most significant sporting events ever.
In this superb account, Lewis A. Erenberg offers a vivid portrait of Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, their individual
careers, and their two epic fights, shedding light on what these fighters represented to their nations, and why their
second bout took on such international importance. Erenberg shows how in the first fight Schmeling shocked everyone with a dramatic twelfth-round knockout of Louis, becoming a German national hero and a (unwilling) symbol of Aryan superiority. In fact, the second fight was seen around the world in symbolic terms--as a match between Nazism and American democracy. Erenberg discusses how Louis' dramatic first-round victory was a devastating blow to Hitler, who turned on Schmeling and, during the war, had the boxer (then
serving as a paratrooper) sent on a series of dangerous missions. Louis, meanwhile, went from being a hero of his race--"Our Joe"--to the first black champion embraced by all Americans, black and white, an important step forward in United States race relations. Erenberg also describes how, after the war, the two boxers became symbols of German-American reconciliation. With Schmeling as a Coca Cola executive, and Louis down on his luck, the former foes became friends, and when Louis died, Schmeling helped pay for his funeral.
Here then is a stirring and insightful account of one of the great moments in boxing history, a confrontation that provided global theater on an epic scale. [via]More editions of The Greatest Fight of Our Generation: Louis Vs. Schmeling:
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Steppin' Out: New York Nightlife and the Transformation of American Culture, 1890-1930by Lewis A. ErenbergISBN 0226215156 (0-226-21515-6)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Steppin' Out: New York Nightlife and the Transformation of American Culture, 1890-1930'Book summary:The evolution of New York nightlife from the Gay Nineties through the Jazz Age was, as Lewis A. Erenberg shows, both symbol and catalyst of America's transition out of the Victorian period. Cabaret culture led the way to new styles of behavior and consumption, dissolving conventional barriers between classes, races, the sexeseven between life and art. A fabulous era of chorus girls, jazz players, lobster palaces, and hip flasksthe age of Sophie Tucker, Irene and Vernon Castle, and Gilda Graytangos through the pages of this ground-breaking, as well as entertaining, cultural history.[via]More editions of Steppin' Out: New York Nightlife and the Transformation of American Culture, 1890-1930:
- Steppin' Out: New York Nightlife and the Transformation of American Culture, 1890-1930: ISBN 0313213429 (0-313-21342-9)
Hardcover, Greenwood Publishing Group, Incorporated - Steppin' Out: New York Nightlife and the Transformation of American Culture, 1890-1930: ISBN 0226215156 (0-226-21515-6)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
- Steppin' Out: New York Nightlife and the Transformation of American Culture, 1890-1930: ISBN 0313213429 (0-313-21342-9)
Swingin' the Dreamby Lewis A. ErenbergISBN 0226215172 (0-226-21517-2)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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Swingin' the Dream: Big Band Jazz and the Rebirth of American Cultureby Lewis A. ErenbergISBN 0226215164 (0-226-21516-4)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The War in American Culture: Society and Consciousness During World War IIby Lewis A. Erenberg , Susan E. HirschISBN 0226215121 (0-226-21512-1)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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The War in American Culture: Society and Consciousness During World War IIby Susan E. Hirsch, Lewis A. ErenbergISBN 0226215113 (0-226-21511-3)
Hardcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The War in American Culture: Society and Consciousness During World War II'Book summary:The War in American Culture explores the role of World War II in the transformation of American social, cultural, and political life.[via]
World War II posed a crisis for American culture: to defeat the enemy, Americans had to unite across the class, racial and ethnic boundaries that had long divided them. Exploring government censorship of war photography, the revision of immigration laws, Hollywood moviemaking, swing music, and popular magazines, these essays reveal the creation of a new national identity that was pluralistic, but also controlled and sanitized. Concentrating on the home front and the impact of the war on the lives of ordinary Americans, the contributors give us a rich portrayal of family life, sexuality, cultural images, and working-class life in addition to detailed consideration of African Americans, Latinos, and women who lived through the unsettling and rapidly altered circumstances of wartime America.More editions of The War in American Culture: Society and Consciousness During World War II:
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