The Sons of Westwood: John Wooden, UCLA, and the Dynasty That Changed College Basketball
John Matthew SmithThe Sons of Westwood tells the story of the most significant college basketball program at a pivotal period in American cultural history. It weaves together a story of sports and politics in an era of social and cultural upheaval, a time when college students and college athletes joined the civil rights movement, demonstrated against the Vietnam War, and rejected the dominant Cold War culture. This is the story of America's culture wars played out on the basketball court by some of college basketball's most famous players and its most memorable coach.
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Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Preface
Acknowledgments
1. Goodness! Gracious! Sakes Alive!
2. The Wizard of Westwood
3. The Promised Land
4. Alone in a Crowd
5. Everybody's All-American
6. Woman Chasers and Hopheads
7. The Desperate Coach
8. The Red Menace
9. The Rebel and the Saint
10. Cracks in the Pyramid
11. The Godfather
Notes
Index|
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title, 2014.
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John Matthew Smith is an assistant professor of history at Georgia Tech.