Murry Nelson
Biographic Data
| ID | 5870474 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Murry Nelson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Murry |
| FAMILY NAME | Nelson |
| SIGNATURE | NELSON M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Pennsylvania State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 46 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 24 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 46 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Asian American Basketball: A Century of Sport, Culture and Community
Book Review| October 01 2017 Asian American Basketball: A Century of Sport, Culture and Community Franks, Joel S. Asian American Basketball: A Century of Sport, Culture and Community. Jefferson, NC, McFarland Publishing, 2016. Pp. 229+. Notes, references, index. $45.00, pb. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson Pennsylvania State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2017) 44 (3): 501–502. https://doi…
Glory and Heartbreak: The History of Intercollegiate Men’s Basketball in the SF Bay Area
Book Review| October 01 2017 Glory and Heartbreak: The History of Intercollegiate Men’s Basketball in the SF Bay Area Schneider, Bernie. Glory and Heartbreak: The History of Intercollegiate Men’s Basketball in the SF Bay Area. San Francisco: BFS Publishing, 2016. Pp. 236. “Foreword” by Brian Murphy, illustrations, appendices, epilogue, “Afterword” by Chuck Nan. $22.99, pb. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson Professor Emeritus, Penn State University Search…
Back from the Dead: Searching for the Sound, Shining the Light, and Throwing It Down
Book Review| April 01 2017 Back from the Dead: Searching for the Sound, Shining the Light, and Throwing It Down Walton, Bill. Back from the Dead: Searching for the Sound, Shining the Light, and Throwing It Down. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2016. Pp. 321. Photographs. $27.00, hb. $13.99, ebook. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson Penn State University (retired) Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2017) 44 (1)…
Bob Davies, a Basketball Legend
George Steinbrenner’s Pipe Dream: The ABL Champion Cleveland Pipers
Book Review| July 01 2016 George Steinbrenner’s Pipe Dream: The ABL Champion Cleveland Pipers Livingston, Bill. George Steinbrenner’s Pipe Dream: The ABL Champion Cleveland Pipers. Ashland, OH: Kent State University Press, 2015. Pp. 213. pb. $18.95. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson Penn State University (emeritus) Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2016) 43 (2): 239. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory…
Elgin Baylor: The Man Who Changed Basketball
An Unbreakable Bond: The Brotherhood of Maurice Stokes and Jack Twyman
Book Review| July 01 2015 An Unbreakable Bond: The Brotherhood of Maurice Stokes and Jack Twyman Farabaugh, Pat. An Unbreakable Bond: The Brotherhood of Maurice Stokes and Jack Twyman. Haworth, NJ: St. Johann Press, 2014. Pp. 283. Foreword, appendix, notes, bibliography, index. $27.26 pb. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2015) 42 (2): 244–245. https://doi.org/10.5406/js…
Perfectly Awful: The Philadelphia 76ers’ Horrendous and Hilarious 1972–73 Season
Book Review| July 01 2015 Perfectly Awful: The Philadelphia 76ers’ Horrendous and Hilarious 1972–73 Season Rosen, Charley. Perfectly Awful: The Philadelphia 76ers’ Horrendous and Hilarious 1972–73 Season. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2014. Pp. 201. Epilogue and note on sources. $24.95 hb. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2015) 42 (2): 279–280. https://doi.org/…
The Emergence of Basketball as an American National Pastime: From a Popular Participant Sport to a Spectacle of Nationhood
Invented in the USA in 1891, basketball immediately proved a popular pastime among those who played the game but it did not initially rank in the estimation of most American observers as a national pastime. By the twenty-first century, however, basketball had become acclaimed by the media and fans as one of a trio of team sports that stood as national pastimes, alongside baseball and American football. Promoters of basketball have since its inven…
I Grew Up with Basketball: Twenty Years of Barnstorming with Cage Greats of Yesterday
Book Review| April 01 2013 I Grew Up with Basketball: Twenty Years of Barnstorming with Cage Greats of Yesterday Basloe, Frank J. I Grew Up with Basketball: Twenty Years of Barnstorming with Cage Greats of Yesterday. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2012. Pp. 256. $16.95 pb. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson The Pennsylvania State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2013) 40 (1): 162–163. …
The Rise of the National Basketball Association
Book Review| October 01 2013 The Rise of the National Basketball Association Surdam, David G. The Rise of the National Basketball Association. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2012. Pp. 247. Appendices, notes, selected bibliography, and index. $79.95 hb, $25 pb. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson The Pennsylvania State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2013) 40 (3): 512–513. https://doi.or…
Cheating the Spread: Gamblers, Point Shavers, and Game Fixers in College Football and Basketball
Book Review| October 01 2013 Cheating the Spread: Gamblers, Point Shavers, and Game Fixers in College Football and Basketball Figone, Albert J. Cheating the Spread: Gamblers, Point Shavers, and Game Fixers in College Football and Basketball. Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 2012. Pp. ix+216. Introduction, bibliography, notes, and index. $80.00 hc, $21.95 pb. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson The Pennsylvania State University Search for other works b…
ACC Basketball: The Story of the Rivalries, Traditions, and Scandals of the First Two Decades of the Atlantic Coast Conference
Book Review| October 01 2012 ACC Basketball: The Story of the Rivalries, Traditions, and Scandals of the First Two Decades of the Atlantic Coast Conference Walker, J. Samuel. ACC Basketball: The Story of the Rivalries, Traditions, and Scandals of the First Two Decades of the Atlantic Coast Conference. Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2011. Pp. 416. Preface, notes, essay on sources, and index. $30 hb. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson The …
Crazy Basketball, A Life In and Out of Bounds
Book Review| July 01 2012 Crazy Basketball, A Life In and Out of Bounds Rosen, Charley. Crazy Basketball, A Life In and Out of Bounds. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2011. Pp. 301. $24.95 hb. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson The Pennsylvania State University (Emeritus) Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2012) 39 (2): 363–364. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.39.2.363 Cite Icon Cite Share Ico…
The SPHAS: The Life and Ttimes of Basketball’s Greatest Jewish Team
Book Review| April 01 2012 The SPHAS: The Life and Ttimes of Basketball’s Greatest Jewish Team Stark, Douglas. The SPHAS: The Life and Ttimes of Basketball’s Greatest Jewish Team. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2011. Pp. 326. Foreword, preface, notes, bibliography, tables, and appendices. $29.50 hc. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson The Pennsylvania State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport Histo…
Historical Dictionary of Basketball
Book Review| April 01 2012 Historical Dictionary of Basketball Grasso, John. Historical Dictionary of Basketball. Lanham, Md.: Scarecrow Press, 2011. Pp. 495. Foreword, preface, acronyms and abbreviations, chronology, appendices, and bibliography. $80 hb. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson The Pennsylvania State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2012) 39 (1): 172–173. https://doi.org/10.5406/js…
Hooked: The Legend of Demetrius “Hook” MitchellRebound: The Legend of Earl “The Goat” ManigaultThrough the Fire: Sebastian Telfair’s Defining Year
Book Review| April 01 2012 Hooked: The Legend of Demetrius “Hook” MitchellRebound: The Legend of Earl “The Goat” ManigaultThrough the Fire: Sebastian Telfair’s Defining Year Hooked: The Legend of Demetrius “Hook” Mitchell, (2003). Kicked Down Productions, 88 mins.Rebound: The Legend of Earl “The Goat” Manigault, (2004). Home Box Office, 120 mins.Through the Fire: Sebastian Telfair’s Defining Year, (2004). ESPN, 103 mins. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson…
King of the Court: Bill Russell and the Basketball Revolution
Book Review| April 01 2011 King of the Court: Bill Russell and the Basketball Revolution Goudsouzian, Aram. King of the Court: Bill Russell and the Basketball Revolution. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010. Pp. 282. Bibliography and index. $29.95 hc. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson The Pennsylvania State University (Emeritus) Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2011) 38 (1): 147–148. https://…
James Naismith: The Man Who Invented Basketball
Book Review| April 01 2011 James Naismith: The Man Who Invented Basketball Rains, Rob, with Hellen Carpenter. James Naismith: The Man Who Invented Basketball. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2009. Pp. xv+198. Photographs and index. Foreword by Roy Williams. $27.50 hc. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson The Pennsylvania State University (Emeritus) Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2011) 38 (1): 162–…
Heaven Is a Playground
Book Review| October 01 2010 Heaven Is a Playground Telander, Rick. Heaven Is a Playground. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009. Pp. 224. $18.95 pb. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson The Pennsylvania State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2010) 37 (3): 490–491. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.37.3.490 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions S…
The First Tip-Off: The Incredible Story of the Birth of the NBA
Classic Cavs: The 50 Greatest Games in Cleveland Cavaliers History
Book Review| July 01 2010 Classic Cavs: The 50 Greatest Games in Cleveland Cavaliers History Knight, Jonathan. Classic Cavs: The 50 Greatest Games in Cleveland Cavaliers History. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2009. Pp. xiii+201. Photographs. $18.95 pb. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson Penn State University (Emeritus) Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2010) 37 (2): 306–307. https://doi.org/10.…
A Good Man: The Pete Newell Story
Book Review| October 01 2010 A Good Man: The Pete Newell Story Jenkins, Bruce. A Good Man: The Pete Newell Story. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2010. Pp. xv+334. Photographs, appendices, and index. $19.95 pb. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson The Pennsylvania State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2010) 37 (3): 468–470. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.37.3.468 Cite Icon Cite Sh…
Outside the Paint: When Basketball Ruled at the Chinese Playground
Book Review| April 01 2010 Outside the Paint: When Basketball Ruled at the Chinese Playground Yep, Kathleen S. Outside the Paint: When Basketball Ruled at the Chinese Playground. Philadelphia, Temple University Press, 2009. Pp.199. Notes, bibliography, and index. $25.00. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson The Pennsylvania State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2010) 37 (1): 190–192. https://do…
Insular America: The NBA began in Akron? The midwest conference in the 1930s
This article examines the beginning years of the National Basketball League (NBL). The league evolved from the Midwest Conference, a loosely knit league of eight teams that operated from 1935–37, largely in the Upper Midwest, but also encompassing at times, Buffalo, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Windsor, Ontario. The league set rules for a minimum number of games, but these rules were broken early and often, as the league adjusted to th…
The Emergence of Basketball as an American National Pastime: From a Popular Participant Sport to a Spectacle of Nationhood
Invented in the USA in 1891, basketball immediately proved a popular pastime among those who played the game but it did not initially rank in the estimation of most American observers as a national pastime. By the twenty-first century, however, basketball had become acclaimed by the media and fans as one of a trio of team sports that stood as national pastimes, alongside baseball and American football. Promoters of basketball have since its inven…
Emma Willard: Pioneer in Social Studies Education
The work of Emma Willard was carried on in the 19th century, but is important to social studies today for many reasons. Willard held an integrated view of social science education and her textbooks, which were highly successful, reflect that. Emma Willard was one of the first women in the field of teacher education and she trained many young women in the Troy Female Seminary. Willard's interests were in geographic education, and citizenship educa…
Social Studies: Something Old, Something New, and all Borrowed
This paper dicusses how four trends of New Social Studies 1) social sciences v. social studies, 2) inquiry, 3) ethnic and global perspectives, and 4) attention to the future have historical roots, even if those roots are largely unknown to social studies educators. By examining some of these foundations of social studies and sources or data, we can improve our field. The history of the social studies can serve as a guidepost for decision making i…
Sports History as a Vehicle for Social and Cultural Understanding in American History
Keywords: baseball and national standardssocial studies standardssports historyteaching sports history
Lucy Maynard Salmon (1853–1927): Pioneering Views on Teaching History
Some Possible Effects of World War II on the Social Studies Curriculum
Conventional wisdom about curriculum holds that change occurs slowly after extensive design and planning that includes active participation of teachers. A survey of the professional literature, curriculum guides, textbook advertisements, and newspaper articles from the World War II era suggests that, under some conditions, change can be imposed and occur rapidly. Textbooks on air power reached the market quickly for new courses, offerings in Germ…
Ethnic Studies Programs: Some Historical Antecedents
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMurry NelsonMutry Nelson is Assistant Professor of Education at the Pennsylvania State University and has taught in multicultural schools in Chicago and California
An Alternative Medium of Social Education—The “Horrors of War” Picture Cards
(1997). An Alternative Medium of Social Education—The “Horrors of War” Picture Cards. The Social Studies: Vol. 88, No. 3, pp. 100-107
A Citation Analysis of the Handbook of Research on Social Studies Teaching and Learning
This study evaluated the characteristics of the knowledge included in The Handbook of Research on Social Studies Teaching and Learning with a view toward better understanding the sources of the discourse and the epistemology of the field. The method used was citation analysis. Tallies were computed for the most frequently cited authors, single pieces of scholarship, and journal citations. We found that the field largely relies upon its own schola…
Incorporating Caribbean Immigration into the Social Studies Curriculum
Rugg on Rugg: His Theories and His Curriculum
Reviewing the Twenty-Sixth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Decker Walker (1975) called it unique record of the thinking .. .of the founders of the curriculum (p. 264). To a remarkable extent, the Twenty-Sixth Yearbook was the work of Harold Rugg. The publication of the Yearbook in 1927 served to bring Rugg's theories of curriculum development into the view of the field of education. But Harold Rugg was not one to comm…
The Development of the Rugg Social Studies Materials
The Social Studies materials of Harold O. Rugg were developed and refined over a seventeen year period from 1921–1938 by Rugg and his team of teachers and graduate students at Teachers College, Columbia. The materials were unique in being (1) the first nationally developed and published social studies materials, (2) the first specific junior high social studies materials, (3) the first curriculum materials to compile date from a diverse team of e…
The State of the New Social Studies: I. In Pennsylvania
Additional informationNotes on contributorsJohn E. SearlesJohn E. Searles and Murry R. Nelson are Professors of Education at Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Searles is currently on leave and working for the Center for Educational Technology in Brasilia.Murry R. NelsonJohn E. Searles and Murry R. Nelson are Professors of Education at Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Searles is currently on leave and working for the Center for Educational Tech…
Ethnic Studies Programs: Some Historical Antecedents
Additional informationNotes on contributorsMurry NelsonMutry Nelson is Assistant Professor of Education at the Pennsylvania State University and has taught in multicultural schools in Chicago and California
The Development of the Rugg Social Studies Materials
The Social Studies materials of Harold O. Rugg were developed and refined over a seventeen year period from 1921–1938 by Rugg and his team of teachers and graduate students at Teachers College, Columbia. The materials were unique in being (1) the first nationally developed and published social studies materials, (2) the first specific junior high social studies materials, (3) the first curriculum materials to compile date from a diverse team of e…
Rugg on Rugg: His Theories and His Curriculum
Reviewing the Twenty-Sixth Yearbook of the National Society for the Study of Education, Decker Walker (1975) called it unique record of the thinking .. .of the founders of the curriculum (p. 264). To a remarkable extent, the Twenty-Sixth Yearbook was the work of Harold Rugg. The publication of the Yearbook in 1927 served to bring Rugg's theories of curriculum development into the view of the field of education. But Harold Rugg was not one to comm…
Developing Competence in Decision Making for a Community Action Curriculum
Additional informationNotes on contributorsH. Wells SingletonH. Wells Singleton is an associate professor of curriculum and instruction at the University of Toledo in Ohio.Murry R. NelsonMurry R. Nelson is an assistant professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the Pennsylvania State University
Social Studies: Something Old, Something New, and all Borrowed
This paper dicusses how four trends of New Social Studies 1) social sciences v. social studies, 2) inquiry, 3) ethnic and global perspectives, and 4) attention to the future have historical roots, even if those roots are largely unknown to social studies educators. By examining some of these foundations of social studies and sources or data, we can improve our field. The history of the social studies can serve as a guidepost for decision making i…
Some Possible Effects of World War II on the Social Studies Curriculum
Conventional wisdom about curriculum holds that change occurs slowly after extensive design and planning that includes active participation of teachers. A survey of the professional literature, curriculum guides, textbook advertisements, and newspaper articles from the World War II era suggests that, under some conditions, change can be imposed and occur rapidly. Textbooks on air power reached the market quickly for new courses, offerings in Germ…
Emma Willard: Pioneer in Social Studies Education
The work of Emma Willard was carried on in the 19th century, but is important to social studies today for many reasons. Willard held an integrated view of social science education and her textbooks, which were highly successful, reflect that. Emma Willard was one of the first women in the field of teacher education and she trained many young women in the Troy Female Seminary. Willard's interests were in geographic education, and citizenship educa…
One Critic's Retort—A Response to When
First Efforts toward a National Curriculum: The Committee of Ten's Report on History, Civil Government, and Political Economy
The Committee on History, Civil Government and Political Economy was one of ten subcommittees of the larger Committee of Ten formed by the National Education Association in 1892 to address the school curriculum. This article examines the report of the smaller committee, its members and its impact then and since. Parallels to actions in the 1990s are drawn to illustrate the continued timeliness of this report
Incorporating Caribbean Immigration into the Social Studies Curriculum
A Citation Analysis of the Handbook of Research on Social Studies Teaching and Learning
This study evaluated the characteristics of the knowledge included in The Handbook of Research on Social Studies Teaching and Learning with a view toward better understanding the sources of the discourse and the epistemology of the field. The method used was citation analysis. Tallies were computed for the most frequently cited authors, single pieces of scholarship, and journal citations. We found that the field largely relies upon its own schola…
Lucy Maynard Salmon (1853–1927): Pioneering Views on Teaching History
The Original Celtics and the 1926–27 American Basketball League
An Alternative Medium of Social Education—The “Horrors of War” Picture Cards
(1997). An Alternative Medium of Social Education—The “Horrors of War” Picture Cards. The Social Studies: Vol. 88, No. 3, pp. 100-107
Theory and Research in Social Education, 1997: What's 25 Years When You are among Friends
Will the Field of Social Studies Survive
(1998). Will the Field of Social Studies Survive? Review of Education, Pedagogy, and Cultural Studies: Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 385-397
Are Teachers Stupid?–Setting and Meeting Standards in Social Studies
This paper examines the growth of the standards movement in education and asserts that the standards movement neglects large issues and constructs in a search for a simple, quick fix solution. Most of the standards' attention is centered around the content of the curriculum and little attention is paid to students and teachers. The standards movement is a top down endeavor, largely ignoring training, student knowledge, and the nature of education…
Basketball as cultural capital: The original Celtics in early twentieth‐century New York City
(1998). Basketball as cultural capital: The original Celtics in early twentieth‐century New York City. Immigrants & Minorities: Vol. 17, No. 1, pp. 67-81
Responding to the Crisis: Reflections on Educating the Public
Insular America: The NBA began in Akron? The midwest conference in the 1930s
This article examines the beginning years of the National Basketball League (NBL). The league evolved from the Midwest Conference, a loosely knit league of eight teams that operated from 1935–37, largely in the Upper Midwest, but also encompassing at times, Buffalo, New York; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Windsor, Ontario. The league set rules for a minimum number of games, but these rules were broken early and often, as the league adjusted to th…
Sports History as a Vehicle for Social and Cultural Understanding in American History
Keywords: baseball and national standardssocial studies standardssports historyteaching sports history
Heaven Is a Playground
Book Review| October 01 2010 Heaven Is a Playground Telander, Rick. Heaven Is a Playground. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2009. Pp. 224. $18.95 pb. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson The Pennsylvania State University Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2010) 37 (3): 490–491. https://doi.org/10.5406/jsporthistory.37.3.490 Cite Icon Cite Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Permissions S…
The First Tip-Off: The Incredible Story of the Birth of the NBA
Classic Cavs: The 50 Greatest Games in Cleveland Cavaliers History
Book Review| July 01 2010 Classic Cavs: The 50 Greatest Games in Cleveland Cavaliers History Knight, Jonathan. Classic Cavs: The 50 Greatest Games in Cleveland Cavaliers History. Kent, Ohio: Kent State University Press, 2009. Pp. xiii+201. Photographs. $18.95 pb. Murry Nelson Murry Nelson Penn State University (Emeritus) Search for other works by this author on: This Site Google Journal of Sport History (2010) 37 (2): 306–307. https://doi.org/10.…
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