 | Twin Cities Sports: Games for All Seasons Subjects: Sports -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis Metropolitan Area -- History; Sports -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul Metropolitan Area -- History; Sports -- Social aspects -- Minnesota -- Minneapolis Metropolitan Area; Sports -- Social aspects -- Minnesota -- Saint Paul Me; The histories in Twin Cities Sports are rooted in the class, ethnic, and regional identity of this unique upper midwestern metropolitan area. The compilation includes a wide range of important studies on the hub of interwar speedskating, the success of Gopher football in the Jim Crow era, the integration of municipal golf courses, the building of a world-renowned park system, the Minneapolis Lakers' basketball dynasty, the Minnesota Twins' connections to Cuba, and more. Sheldon Anderson is professor of history at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, where he teaches modern European and sports history. He is the author of The Politics and Culture of Modern Sports . |
