Douglas A Hartmann

Race, Culture, and the Revolt of the Black Athlete: The 1968 Olympic Protests and Their Aftermath

Race, Culture, and the Revolt of the Black Athlete: The 1968 Olympic Protests and Their Aftermath

Ethnicity and Race: Making Identities in a Changing World

Midnight Basketball: Race, Sports, and Neoliberal Social Policy

Midnight basketball may not have been invented in Chicago, but the City of Big Shoulders—home of Michael Jordan and the Bulls—is where it first came to national prominence. And it’s also where Douglas Hartmann first began to think seriously about the audacious notion that organizing young men to run...

Child's Play: Sport in Kids' Worlds (Critical Issues in Sport and Society)

Is sport good for kids? When answering this question, both critics and advocates of youth sports tend to fixate on matters of health, whether condemning contact sports for their concussion risk or prescribing athletics as a cure for the childhood obesity epidemic. Child’s Play presents a more nuance...

Getting Culture (The Society Pages)

A provocative and useful introduction to all the different kinds of sociological research and writing that falls under the category of “cultural.” With contributions from leading scholars and a provocative collection of discussion topics and group activities, this innovative series provides an acces...

The Social Side of Politics (The Society Pages)

Assembling the most provocative new thinking on politics and political processes. This first volume of The Society Pages series focuses on politics. Drawn largely from feature content, posts, and exchanges provoked by the elections of 2012, the chapters are organized into three main sections. “Core ...

Owned (The Society Pages)

An introduction to the new social science of debt. With contributions from leading scholars and a provocative collection of discussion topics and group activities, this innovative series provides an accessible and affordable entry point for strong sociological perspectives on topics of immediate soc...

Race, Culture, and the Revolt of the Black Athlete: The 1968 Olympic Protests and Their Aftermath

Ever since 1968 a single iconic image of race in American sport has remained indelibly etched on our collective memory: sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos accepting medals at the Mexico City Olympics with their black-gloved fists raised and heads bowed. But what inspired their protest? What happ...

Crime and the Punished (The Society Pages)

An essential introduction to how sociologists think about and research crime and punishment. The second volume in this series tackles crime and punishment. As in the first volume, the chapters are organized into three main sections. “Core Contributions” exemplifies how sociologists and other social ...

Color Lines and Racial Angles (The Society Pages)

Assembling the most provocative, productive new thinking on race in one volume. The third volume in The Society Pages series tackles race, ethnicity, and diversity in contemporary American society. As with our previous volumes, the chapters are organized into three main sections. “Core Contributions...

Robert Douglas Hartmann

Robert Douglas Hartmann aka Doug Hartmann (April 7, 1962present) is an American con man, white collar criminal, & felon. A native of O'Fallon, Missouri, he is the principal of ...