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Language: en
Pages: 484
Pages: 484
Type: BOOK - Published: 1994-01-15 - Publisher: University of Illinois Press
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Language: en
Pages: 254
Pages: 254
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-02-28 - Publisher: McFarland
Essentially the last of the bare-knuckle heavyweight champions, John L. Sullivan was instrumental in the acceptance of gloved fighting. His charisma and popular
Language: en
Pages: 288
Pages: 288
Type: BOOK - Published: 1993-05-15 - Publisher: University of Chicago Press
This path-breaking book reconceptualizes our understanding of political tolerance as well as of its foundations. Previous studies, the authors contend, overemph
Language: en
Pages: 374
Pages: 374
Type: BOOK - Published: 2017-09-08 - Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
For much of the twentieth century, boxing was one of America’s most popular sports, and the heavyweight champions were figures known to all. Their exploits we
Language: en
Pages: 448
Pages: 448
Type: BOOK - Published: 2006-11-25 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster
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