Title:
Baseball and American culture : a history / John P. Rossi.
Author:
Rossi, John P., author.
Publication Information:
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Call Number:
GV867.64 .R67 2018
Abstract:
"This book provides a general history of baseball that connects developments in the sport with key themes in American history. Following each chapter are important readings that illustrate and document these connections and discussion questions that can be used in the classroom"-- Provided by publisher.
ISBN:
9781538102886
9781538103289
Physical Description:
xii, 267 pages ; 24 cm
Contents:
Baseball's origins -- Baseball becomes a business, 1876-1890 -- Monopoly baseball and the rise of the American League, 1891-1908 -- Baseball's silver age, 1909-1919 -- The roaring twenties and baseball's golden age, 1920-1930 -- Depression and World War II, 1931-1945 -- Boom, bust, and expansion, 1946-1960 -- Baseball's new frontier, 1961-1977 -- The end of baseball innocence, 1978-1994 -- Late innings : baseball enters the new century, 1995-2017.
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