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.
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.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Philadelphia's John P. Rossi, professor of history, LaSalle University, has written on baseball history for The International Journal of the History of Sport and The Phillies Report and periodically teaches a course on the relationship between baseball and American history.
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Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Baseball's Origins Additional Readings: Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide 1908 and Bats, Balls, and Bullets: Baseball and the Civil War by George B. Kirsch Chapter 2: Baseball Becomes a Business, 1876-1892 Additional Readings: Out at Home: Baseball Draws the Color Line by Jerry Malloy and Casey at the Bat Chapter 3: Monopoly Baseball and the Rise of the American League, 1891-1908 Additional Readings: Race and Ethnicity in American Baseball: 1900-1919 by Steven A. Riess and Take Me Out to the Ball Game, 1908 Chapter 4: Baseball's Silver Age Additional Reading: Anatomy of a Murder: The Federal League and the Courts by Gary Hailey Chapter 5: The Roaring Twenties and Baseball's Golden Age Additional Readings: The Babe on Balance by Marshall Smelser and The Judge Who Ruled Baseball by Bruce Watson Chapter 6: Depression and World War II, 1931-1945 Additional Readings: The History of Women's Baseball by Kerry Candaele and Baseball and World War II: A Study of the Landis-Roosevelt Correspondence by James A. Percoco Chapter 7: Boom, Bust, and Expansion, 1946-1960 Additional Reading: Blacks in Major League Baseball: The Experience of the First Generation, 1947-1961 by John Rossi Chapter 8: Baseball's New Frontier, 1961-1977 Additional Readings: A Tale of Many Cities: The Westward Expansion of Major League Baseball in the 1950s by Lee Elihu Lowenfish and Walter O'Malley Was Right by Paul Hirsch Chapter 9: The End of Baseball Innocence Additional Reading: The Quest of Marvin Miller: A Briefcase for a Lance by Lawrence Richards Chapter 10: Late Innings: Baseball Enters the New Century, 1994-2017 Additional Reading: Totally Juiced: Confessions of a Former MVP by Tom Verducci Index Bibliography About the Author
Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1: Baseball's Origins Additional Readings: Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide 1908 and Bats, Balls, and Bullets: Baseball and the Civil War by George B. Kirsch Chapter 2: Baseball Becomes a Business, 1876-1892 Additional Readings: Out at Home: Baseball Draws the Color Line by Jerry Malloy and Casey at the Bat Chapter 3: Monopoly Baseball and the Rise of the American League, 1891-1908 Additional Readings: Race and Ethnicity in American Baseball: 1900-1919 by Steven A. Riess and Take Me Out to the Ball Game, 1908 Chapter 4: Baseball's Silver Age Additional Reading: Anatomy of a Murder: The Federal League and the Courts by Gary Hailey Chapter 5: The Roaring Twenties and Baseball's Golden Age Additional Readings: The Babe on Balance by Marshall Smelser and The Judge Who Ruled Baseball by Bruce Watson Chapter 6: Depression and World War II, 1931-1945 Additional Readings: The History of Women's Baseball by Kerry Candaele and Baseball and World War II: A Study of the Landis-Roosevelt Correspondence by James A. Percoco Chapter 7: Boom, Bust, and Expansion, 1946-1960 Additional Reading: Blacks in Major League Baseball: The Experience of the First Generation, 1947-1961 by John Rossi Chapter 8: Baseball's New Frontier, 1961-1977 Additional Readings: A Tale of Many Cities: The Westward Expansion of Major League Baseball in the 1950s by Lee Elihu Lowenfish and Walter O'Malley Was Right by Paul Hirsch Chapter 9: The End of Baseball Innocence Additional Reading: The Quest of Marvin Miller: A Briefcase for a Lance by Lawrence Richards Chapter 10: Late Innings: Baseball Enters the New Century, 1994-2017 Additional Reading: Totally Juiced: Confessions of a Former MVP by Tom Verducci Index Bibliography About the Author
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