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The Crusading Days Of Jackie Stewart: Evaluating The Development Of Safety In Motor Racing During The 1960s., Alex Twitchen
The Crusading Days Of Jackie Stewart: Evaluating The Development Of Safety In Motor Racing During The 1960s., Alex Twitchen
Journal of Motorsport Culture & History
This article critically evaluates the contribution of Jackie Stewart in making motor racing a safer sport for competitors. It challenges the validity of the popular assumption that Jackie Stewart by himself developed a ‘culture of safety’ that transformed the sport. Instead, the role of other individuals are identified alongside the importance of three social processes. These processes are identified as the changing balance of power between different masculine identities, the development of commercial sponsorship and a growth in the coverage of the sport on television.
The development of motor racing from the 1960s onwards as a safer sport in which …
Book Review: I Was A Nascar Redneck: Recollections Of The Transformation Of A Yankee Farm Boy To A Southern Redneck In The Golden Era Of Nascar And Beyond., Quinn Beekwilder, Daniel Dean
Book Review: I Was A Nascar Redneck: Recollections Of The Transformation Of A Yankee Farm Boy To A Southern Redneck In The Golden Era Of Nascar And Beyond., Quinn Beekwilder, Daniel Dean
Journal of Motorsport Culture & History
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The Underground Press In Grand Rapids: The Root, Ian M. Post
The Underground Press In Grand Rapids: The Root, Ian M. Post
Grand Valley Journal of History
In the midst of the socially turbulent 1960s, the underground press movement in America sought to restore journalism and report on issues that the rising youth and New Left believed were important. Many believed these newspapers were subversive because of the content and goals of their publications, which drove their creators "underground". Despite the political and social conservatism of West Michigan, the Grand Rapids area was not exempt from the underground press movement. Several underground newspapers, discovered in the Grand Rapids Public Library's archives, provide an account of the local contribution to this national context, specifically in The Root.
The Purple, June 1899
The Purple
The Purple is a student publication offering news of the month, editorials, poetry, college news and alumni news. This issue contains the following:
- Advertisements
- The First Graduation Day at Holy Cross, Fifty Years Ago
- The Growth and Development of Athletics at Holy Cross
- "Don't"
- A Young Man's Search for Health
- To the Law's Recruits
- An Untold Incident of the Late War
- For the Ordination of P.M.C., S.J.
- Purple Prizes
- Editorial
- College Chronicle
- Alumni
- Athletics
- Includes photographs of students, dignitaries, Purple prize winners, athletic teams