Through war, depression, times of tumultuous upheaval and of great prosperity - baseball has reflected America's history and ideals. In this book, historians Martin Babicz and Thomas Zeiler find in baseball a window into America's past and into the values that allow both the sport and nation to endure: hope, tradition, escape, and revolution.
Through war, depression, times of tumultuous upheaval and of great prosperity - baseball has reflected America's history and ideals. In this book, historians Martin Babicz and Thomas Zeiler find in baseball a window into America's past and into the values that allow both the sport and nation to endure: hope, tradition, escape, and revolution.
Acknowledgments Foreword Chapter 1: Baseball in Tocqueville's America (To 1870) Chapter 2: The Industrialization of Leisure (1871 to 1883) Chapter 3: Color and Global Barriers (1865 to 1918) Chapter 4: The American Labor Movement & the Players' League (1884 to 1891) Chapter 5: Progressivism and the American League (1892 to 1903) Chapter 6: Normalcy and the Black Sox Scandal (1904 to 1922) Chapter 7: Babe Ruth and the Roaring Twenties (1920 to 1929) Chapter 8: Segregation and the Negro Leagues (1896 to 1949) Chapter 9: Baseball and the Great Depression (1929 to 1940) Chapter 10: Baseball Goes to War (1941 to 1945) Chapter 11: Jackie Robinson and Civil Rights (1946 to 1987) Chapter 12: The Postwar American Century (1945 to 1964) Chapter 13: Change and Revolution (1960 to 1975) Chapter 14: Baseball in Post-Industrial America (Since 1975) Chapter 15: A Global Game (Since 1865) Epilogue: Traditions Bibliographic Essay
Acknowledgments Foreword Chapter 1: Baseball in Tocqueville's America (To 1870) Chapter 2: The Industrialization of Leisure (1871 to 1883) Chapter 3: Color and Global Barriers (1865 to 1918) Chapter 4: The American Labor Movement & the Players' League (1884 to 1891) Chapter 5: Progressivism and the American League (1892 to 1903) Chapter 6: Normalcy and the Black Sox Scandal (1904 to 1922) Chapter 7: Babe Ruth and the Roaring Twenties (1920 to 1929) Chapter 8: Segregation and the Negro Leagues (1896 to 1949) Chapter 9: Baseball and the Great Depression (1929 to 1940) Chapter 10: Baseball Goes to War (1941 to 1945) Chapter 11: Jackie Robinson and Civil Rights (1946 to 1987) Chapter 12: The Postwar American Century (1945 to 1964) Chapter 13: Change and Revolution (1960 to 1975) Chapter 14: Baseball in Post-Industrial America (Since 1975) Chapter 15: A Global Game (Since 1865) Epilogue: Traditions Bibliographic Essay
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