Girls of Summer The U. S. Women's Soccer Team and How It Changed the World

Name: Girls of Summer The U. S. Women's Soccer Team and How It Changed the World
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ISBN: 9780060934682

ISBN-10: 0060934689

ISBN-13: 9780060934682

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Authors: Jerï¿½ Longman

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Now with a new afterword, The Girls of Summer, by the award- winning New York Times sportswriter Jere Longman, takes a serious, compelling look at the women who won the 1999 World Cup and brings to life the skills and victories of the American team. Longman explores the issues this unprecedented achievement has raised: the importance of the players as role models; the significance of race and class; the sexualization of the team members; and the differences between men and women's sports. Provocative and insightful, this book reminds us that the real struggles are off the field -- and some remain to be won.

Book details

List price: $14.99
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Publication date: 4/10/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.31" wide x 8.00" long x 0.76" tall
Weight: 0.660
Language: English

Jere Longman is a sports reporter for the New York Times whose books include the national bestseller Among the Heroes: United Flight 93 and the Passengers and Crew Who Fought Back and The Hurricanes: One High School Team's Homecoming After Katrina, chosen by Slate magazine as one of the Best Books of 2008.




The List



"I Will Have Two Fillings"



Babe City



"I'm Expecting Great Things from You"



Savages and Blunt Instruments



The Great Wall of China



Green Eggs and Hamm



The Burden of Expectations



And the Captains Shall Lead Them



"She Is Our Everything"



"Coach Us Like Men, Treat Us Like Women"



"My Team Needs Me"



The Most Underrated Player in the World



"Hollywood" Confidential



The Jell-O Wobble of Exhaustion



Fly in the Milk



A Moment of Temporary Insanity



"We Did It for Each Other"


Afterword: A League of Their Own


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