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    Laurel and Thorn: The Athlete in American Literature

    Robert J. Higgs

    To examine the social and cultural significance of the athlete hero in American literature, Robert J. Higgs finds in contemporary American literature a clear rejection of the Apollonian and Dyonisian…

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    Sports: A Reference Guide

    Robert J. Higgs

    [A] useful, lucid, intelligent contribution to sports scholarship. Journal of Sport History

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    God In The Stadium: Sports and Religion in America

    Robert J. Higgs

    It is a call for recognition and reevaluation of our present situation that will concern anyone interested in the future of American culture.

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    The Flying Fish

    Eduardo Zayas-Bazan

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    The Flying Fish is a historical novel which deals with the life of Luis Recio, a young idealist from the Cuban upper class who joins the fight…

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    The Cowboy Way: The Western Leader in Film, 1945-1995

    Robert J. Higgs,Ralph L. Turner

    An examination of the portrayal of leadership in the western film genre. It analyzes a sample of 25 films, including Unforgiven and Red River , and discusses a variety of…

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    Unholy Alliance

    Robert J. Higgs,Michael C. Braswell

    An Unholy Alliance offers a dissenting view to the claim by a growing number of scholars that Sports are a new religion. The last few years have seen a spate…

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    Appalachia Inside Out V1: Conflict Change

    Robert J. Higgs

    Edited by Robert J. Higgs, Ambrose N. Manning, and Jim Wayne Miller These two volumes constitute the most comprehensive anthology of writings on Appalachia ever assembled. Representing the work of…

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    Appalachia Inside Out V2: Culture Custom

    Robert J. Higgs

    The two volumes of Appalachia Inside Out constitute the most comprehensive anthology of writings on Appalachia ever assembled. Representing the work of approximately two hundred authors, Appalachia Inside Out reveals…

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    An Unholy Alliance: The Sacred and Modern Sports

    Michael C Braswell (Professor Emeritus East Tennessee State University USA),Robert J Higgs

    An Unholy Alliance offers a dissenting view to the claim by a growing number of scholars that Sports are a new religion. The last few years have seen a spate…

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    Hazardous to Our Health?: FDA Regulation of Health Care Products

    Robert Higgs,Ronald W. Hansen,Paul H. Rubin

    Examines how the FDA accumulated its enormous power and what effects it has had on the public. This book also explores who actually benefits and loses from FDA actions, and…

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