A People S History Of Baseball
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A People S History Of Baseball
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Author : Mitchell Nathanson
language : en
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Release Date : 2012-03-30
A People S History Of Baseball written by Mitchell Nathanson and has been published by University of Illinois Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-30 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Baseball is much more than the national pastime. It has become an emblem of America itself. From its initial popularity in the mid-nineteenth century, the game has reflected national values and beliefs and promoted what it means to be an American. Stories abound that illustrate baseball's significance in eradicating racial barriers, bringing neighborhoods together, building civic pride, and creating on the field of play an instructive civics lesson for immigrants on the national character. In A People's History of Baseball, Mitchell Nathanson probes the less well-known but no less meaningful other side of baseball: episodes not involving equality, patriotism, heroism, and virtuous capitalism, but power--how it is obtained, and how it perpetuates itself. Through the growth and development of baseball Nathanson shows that, if only we choose to look for it, we can see the petty power struggles as well as the large and consequential ones that have likewise defined our nation. By offering a fresh perspective on the firmly embedded tales of baseball as America, a new and unexpected story emerges of both the game and what it represents. Exploring the founding of the National League, Nathanson focuses on the newer Americans who sought club ownership to promote their own social status in the increasingly closed caste of nineteenth-century America. His perspective on the rise and public rebuke of the Players Association shows that these baseball events reflect both the collective spirit of working and middle-class America in the mid-twentieth century as well as the countervailing forces that sought to beat back this emerging movement that threatened the status quo. And his take on baseball’s racial integration that began with Branch Rickey’s “Great Experiment” reveals the debilitating effects of the harsh double standard that resulted, requiring a black player to have unimpeachable character merely to take the field in a Major League game, a standard no white player was required to meet. Told with passion and occasional outrage, A People's History of Baseball challenges the perspective of the well-known, deeply entrenched, hyper-patriotic stories of baseball and offers an incisive alternative history of America's much-loved national pastime.
Baseball
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Author : Dorothy Seymour Mills
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2023
Baseball written by Dorothy Seymour Mills and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023 with Baseball categories.
The third volume of Seymour's definitive history of baseball places the sport into its social context between 1930 and the beginning of the Second World War. It is a vivid book of cultural history and offers a new perspective on baseball in America.
A People S History Of Sports In The United States
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Author : David Zirin
language : en
Publisher: The New Press
Release Date : 2008-09-09
A People S History Of Sports In The United States written by David Zirin and has been published by The New Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-09 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In this long-awaited book from the rising superstar of sportswriting, whose blog “The Edge of Sports” is read each week by thousands of people across the country, Dave Zirin offers a riotously entertaining chronicle of larger-than-life sporting characters and dramatic contests and what amounts to an alternative history of the United States as seen through the games its people played. Through Zirin’s eyes, sports are never mere games, but a reflection of—and spur toward—the political conflicts that shape American society. Half a century before Jackie Robinson was born, the black ballplayer Moses Fleetwood Walker brandished a revolver to keep racist fans at bay, then took his regular place in the lineup. In the midst of the Depression, when almost no black athletes were allowed on the U.S. Olympic team, athletes held a Counter Olympics where a third of the participants were African American. A People’s History of Sports in the United States is replete with surprises for seasoned sports fans, while anyone interested in history will be amazed by the connections Zirin draws between politics and pop flies. As Jeff Chang, author of Can’t Stop Won’t Stop, puts it, “After you read him, you’ll never see sports the same way again.”
Playing For Keeps
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Author : Warren Jay Goldstein
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2014-03-26
Playing For Keeps written by Warren Jay Goldstein and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-03-26 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In the late 1850s organized baseball was a club-based fraternal sport thriving in the cultures of respectable artisans, clerks and shopkeepers, and middle-class sportsmen. Two decades later it had become an entertainment business run by owners and managers, depending on gate receipts and the increasingly disciplined labor of skilled player-employees. Playing for Keeps is an insightful, in-depth account of the game that became America's premier spectator sport for nearly a century. Reconstructing the culture and experience of early baseball through a careful reading of the sporting press, baseball guides, and the correspondence of the player-manager Harry Wright, Warren Goldstein discovers the origins of many modern controversies during the game's earliest decades. The 20th Anniversary Edition of Goldstein's classic includes information about the changes that have occurred in the history of the sport since the 1980s and an account of his experience as a scholarly consultant during the production of Ken Burns's Baseball.
Baseball
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Author : George Vecsey
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2006
Baseball written by George Vecsey and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006 with History categories.
One of the great bards of America's Grand Old Game gives a rousing account ofbaseball, from its pre-Republic roots to the present day.
K A History Of Baseball In Ten Pitches
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Author : Tyler Kepner
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2019-04-02
K A History Of Baseball In Ten Pitches written by Tyler Kepner and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-02 with Sports & Recreation categories.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • From The New York Times baseball columnist, an enchanting, enthralling history of the national pastime as told through the craft of pitching, based on years of archival research and interviews with more than three hundred people from Hall of Famers to the stars of today. The baseball is an amazing plaything. We can grip it and hold it so many different ways, and even the slightest calibration can turn an ordinary pitch into a weapon to thwart the greatest hitters in the world. Each pitch has its own history, evolving through the decades as the masters pass it down to the next generation. From the earliest days of the game, when Candy Cummings dreamed up the curveball while flinging clamshells on a Brooklyn beach, pitchers have never stopped innovating. In K: A History of Baseball in Ten Pitches, Tyler Kepner traces the colorful stories and fascinating folklore behind the ten major pitches. Each chapter highlights a different pitch, from the blazing fastball to the fluttering knuckleball to the slippery spitball. Infusing every page with infectious passion for the game, Kepner brings readers inside the minds of combatants sixty feet, six inches apart. Filled with priceless insights from many of the best pitchers in baseball history--from Bob Gibson, Steve Carlton, and Nolan Ryan to Greg Maddux, Mariano Rivera, and Clayton Kershaw--K will be the definitive book on pitching and join such works as The Glory of Their Times and Moneyball as a classic of the genre.
Pictorial History Of Baseball
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Author : Joel Zoss
language : en
Publisher: Thunder Bay Press
Release Date : 2002-01-01
Pictorial History Of Baseball written by Joel Zoss and has been published by Thunder Bay Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Photography categories.
Baseball enthusiasts can trace the colorful history of baseball from from the dugout to the press box, from past to present. Hall of Famers, record-breakers, colorful characters, and play-makers are all included, as are tales of rivalries, dynasty teams, long-shot victories, and classic World Series games. With anecdotes, statistics and photographs to linger over, this chronicle of baseball presents the definitive story of a timeless and fascinating sport. Baseball's most compelling moments and most talented players are featured along with essays about youth, minor league, and international baseball.
Taking In A Game
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Author : Joseph A. Reaves
language : en
Publisher: U of Nebraska Press
Release Date : 2004-05-01
Taking In A Game written by Joseph A. Reaves and has been published by U of Nebraska Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004-05-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
In Taking in a Game, Joseph A. Reaves examines the development of baseball in Korea, the Philippines, Mainland China, and Taiwan, as well as the more widely known story of baseball in Japan. In this entertaining and informed account, Reaves covers everything from baseball in Qing Dynasty China in the nineteenth century to the 2000 Sydney Olympics bronze-medal match between Japan and Korea. Reaves guides the reader through a history of Asian baseball, the cultures that surround it, and the future of what has become a great Asian game.
The Love Of Baseball
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Author : Paul Adomites
language : en
Publisher: Publications International
Release Date : 2007-04-01
The Love Of Baseball written by Paul Adomites and has been published by Publications International this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-04-01 with Sports & Recreation categories.
Great Moments In Baseball History
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Author : Matt Christopher
language : en
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Release Date : 2009-12-19
Great Moments In Baseball History written by Matt Christopher and has been published by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-12-19 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
Capturing the suspense and play-by-play action of nine major league plays and the personalities of the athletes that made them, a fan's treasury includes Willie May's 1954 World Series catch and Jim Abbott's no-hitter.