In this history of the stock car racing circuit known as NASCAR, Daniel S. Pierce offers a revealing new look at the sport from its postwar beginnings on Daytona Beach and Piedmont dirt tracks through the early 1970s, when the sport spread beyond its southern roots and gained national recognition.
Real NASCAR not only confirms the popular notion of NASCAR’s origins in bootlegging, but also establishes beyond a doubt the close ties between organized racing and the illegal liquor industry, a story that readers will find both fascinating and controversial.
Real NASCAR not only confirms the popular notion of NASCAR’s origins in bootlegging, but also establishes beyond a doubt the close ties between organized racing and the illegal liquor industry, a story that readers will find both fascinating and controversial.
Über den Autor
Daniel S. Pierce is professor of history at the University of North Carolina at Asheville. He is author of The Great Smokies: From Natural Habitat to National Park.
Sprache Englisch ● Format EPUB ● Seiten 360 ● ISBN 9780807895726 ● Dateigröße 3.9 MB ● Verlag The University of North Carolina Press ● Ort Chapel Hill ● Land US ● Erscheinungsjahr 2010 ● herunterladbar 24 Monate ● Währung EUR ● ID 6469264 ● Kopierschutz Adobe DRM
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