Peter Dreier, Robert Elias

Baseball Rebels

The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed America

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Produktbeschreibung

Baseball Rebels recounts baseball’s persistent racism, sexism, and homophobia, as well as the efforts by rebels to challenge these injustices.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 408
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2022
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 233mm x 160mm x 40mm
• Gewicht: 764g
• ISBN-13: 9781496217776
• ISBN-10: 1496217772
• Artikelnr.: 62356015

Autorenporträt

Peter Dreier is E. P. Clapp Distinguished Professor of Politics and founding chair of the Urban and Environmental Policy Department at Occidental College. A former newspaper reporter, community organizer, and senior policy adviser to former Boston mayor Ray Flynn, he has authored or coauthored seven books, including The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame. Robert Elias is a professor of politics and legal studies at the University of San Francisco. He is the author of several books, including Baseball and the American Dream: Race, Class, Gender, and the National Pastime. Dave Zirin is the author of several books, the sports editor for The Nation, and host of the weekly Edge of Sports podcast and radio show.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Illustrations
Foreword by Dave Zirin
Acknowledgments
Introduction
 
Resisting Racism
1. Battling Jim Crow
2. Building Black Institutions
3. Before Jackie Robinson
4. Crossing the Color Line
5. Defending Civil Rights
Resisting Sexism and Homophobia
6. Women in Baseball
7. Gay Men in Baseball
Today’s Activists and an Agenda for Change
8. Modern-Day Rebels
9. Baseball Justice: An Unfinished Agenda
 
Bibliography
Index
Also by the Authors