Josh Howard
Biographic Data
| ID | 5202336 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Josh Howard |
| GIVEN NAMES | Josh |
| FAMILY NAME | Howard |
| SIGNATURE | HOWARD J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Passel Historical Consultants |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 7 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Black Athlete in West Virginia
As of 2021, West Virginia's two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Bluefield State and West Virginia State, are the only two in the country that have a majority white student body. Both compete today in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports and receive much less funding than the state's largest public colleges, Marshall University and West Virginia University. Despite such demographic and financial changes in the past fifty y…
Professional Wrestling and the Commercial Stage
Book Review| October 01 2020 Professional Wrestling and the Commercial Stage Laine, Eero. Professional Wrestling and the Commercial Stage. New York: Routledge, 2020. Pp. vii + 148. Index. $140.00, hb. $49.95, eb. Josh Howard Josh Howard Passel Historical Consultants Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2020) 47 (3): 305–306. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.47.3.0305 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon S…
Mike Torrez
Book Review| April 01 2018 Mike Torrez: A Baseball Biography Iber, Jorge. Mike Torrez: A Baseball Biography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2016. Pp. viii+260. Notes, bibliography, index. $29.95, pb. Josh Howard Josh Howard Passel Historical Consultants Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2018) 45 (1): 112–113. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.45.1.0112 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twit…
On Sport, Public History, and Public Sport History
This essay explores the relationship between public history and sport history within the United States and outlines a historiography of public sport history. Public history is the presence, usage, and effects of the past in our everyday lived realities, while public sport history is the intersection of these ideas with sport. In the United States, most public sport history is visible through sport museums, halls of fame, and nostalgic celebration…
Defending Person and Reputation
Violence peaked in Virginia during the early-1890s with a series of racially-motivated lynchings and honor killings in the western mountains. Governor Charles O'Ferrall responded by demanding county courts rededicate themselves to enforcing law and preventing extralegal violence, which led to a statewide decrease in lynchings. The governor's demands were not intended to create better race or labor relations, but were more to create social stabili…
Clifton Forge and Back Again
Coming from small-town Appalachia, Josh Howard reflects on his career as a public historian with a focus on sport. He maps out his recent work at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Lamar University, and other sport history work in explaining a journey from a background in statistics to one in public sport history. He concludes by offering some suggestions to better develop scholarship on the intersection of public history and sport history speci…
Death at the Ballpark
Book Review| October 01 2016 Death at the Ballpark: More Than 2,000 Game-Related Fatalities of Players, Other Personnel and Spectators in Amateur and Professional Baseball, 1962–2014 Gorman, Robert M. and David Weeks. Death at the Ballpark: More Than 2,000 Game-Related Fatalities of Players, Other Personnel and Spectators in Amateur and Professional Baseball, 1962–2014. 2nd ed. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2015. Pp. 344. Photos, appe…
Defending Person and Reputation
Violence peaked in Virginia during the early-1890s with a series of racially-motivated lynchings and honor killings in the western mountains. Governor Charles O'Ferrall responded by demanding county courts rededicate themselves to enforcing law and preventing extralegal violence, which led to a statewide decrease in lynchings. The governor's demands were not intended to create better race or labor relations, but were more to create social stabili…
Death at the Ballpark
Book Review| October 01 2016 Death at the Ballpark: More Than 2,000 Game-Related Fatalities of Players, Other Personnel and Spectators in Amateur and Professional Baseball, 1962–2014 Gorman, Robert M. and David Weeks. Death at the Ballpark: More Than 2,000 Game-Related Fatalities of Players, Other Personnel and Spectators in Amateur and Professional Baseball, 1962–2014. 2nd ed. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2015. Pp. 344. Photos, appe…
Clifton Forge and Back Again
Coming from small-town Appalachia, Josh Howard reflects on his career as a public historian with a focus on sport. He maps out his recent work at the National Baseball Hall of Fame, Lamar University, and other sport history work in explaining a journey from a background in statistics to one in public sport history. He concludes by offering some suggestions to better develop scholarship on the intersection of public history and sport history speci…
Mike Torrez
Book Review| April 01 2018 Mike Torrez: A Baseball Biography Iber, Jorge. Mike Torrez: A Baseball Biography. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2016. Pp. viii+260. Notes, bibliography, index. $29.95, pb. Josh Howard Josh Howard Passel Historical Consultants Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2018) 45 (1): 112–113. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.45.1.0112 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twit…
On Sport, Public History, and Public Sport History
This essay explores the relationship between public history and sport history within the United States and outlines a historiography of public sport history. Public history is the presence, usage, and effects of the past in our everyday lived realities, while public sport history is the intersection of these ideas with sport. In the United States, most public sport history is visible through sport museums, halls of fame, and nostalgic celebration…
Defending Person and Reputation
Violence peaked in Virginia during the early-1890s with a series of racially-motivated lynchings and honor killings in the western mountains. Governor Charles O'Ferrall responded by demanding county courts rededicate themselves to enforcing law and preventing extralegal violence, which led to a statewide decrease in lynchings. The governor's demands were not intended to create better race or labor relations, but were more to create social stabili…
Professional Wrestling and the Commercial Stage
Book Review| October 01 2020 Professional Wrestling and the Commercial Stage Laine, Eero. Professional Wrestling and the Commercial Stage. New York: Routledge, 2020. Pp. vii + 148. Index. $140.00, hb. $49.95, eb. Josh Howard Josh Howard Passel Historical Consultants Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2020) 47 (3): 305–306. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.47.3.0305 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon S…
The Black Athlete in West Virginia
As of 2021, West Virginia's two Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs), Bluefield State and West Virginia State, are the only two in the country that have a majority white student body. Both compete today in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports and receive much less funding than the state's largest public colleges, Marshall University and West Virginia University. Despite such demographic and financial changes in the past fifty y…
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