David George Surdam, Michael J Haupert

The Age of Ruth and Landis

The Economics of Baseball During the Roaring Twenties

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Produktbeschreibung

David George Surdam is a¿professor of economics and¿the David W. Wilson Business Ethics Fellow at the University of Northern Iowa. He is the author of several books, including¿Run to Glory and Profits: The Economic Rise of the NFL during the 1950s¿(Nebraska, 2013) and Wins, Losses, and Empty Seats: How Baseball Outlasted the Great Depression (Nebraska, 2011). Michael J. Haupert is a professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Nebraska
• Seitenzahl: 420
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juni 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 767g
• ISBN-13: 9780803296824
• ISBN-10: 0803296827
• Artikelnr.: 49953284

Autorenporträt

David George Surdam is a professor of economics and the David W. Wilson Business Ethics Fellow at the University of Northern Iowa. He is the author of several books, including Run to Glory and Profits: The Economic Rise of the NFL during the 1950s (Nebraska, 2013) and Wins, Losses, and Empty Seats: How Baseball Outlasted the Great Depression (Nebraska, 2011). Michael J. Haupert is a professor of economics at the University of Wisconsin–La Crosse.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. Baseball’s Interminable Wars
2. The Rise of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis
3. Baseball’s Longstanding Gambling Problem
4. The Financial Side of the Game
5. Getting Fans to the Ballpark
6. Trying to Make the Game More Popular
7. Not a Perfect Game
8. The Stars Are Realigned
9. Competitive Balance and Its Discontents
10. Owners versus Players
11. Highly Paid but Exploited Players
12. Hang On, the Minor Leagues’ Bumpy Ride
13. Baseball and Ethnic Diversity
14. Hilldale and the Negro Leagues in the 1920s
Epilogue: The Roaring Twenties and Major League Baseball
Appendix 1: New York Yankees Financial Records
Appendix 2: Salary Data Sources
Notes
Bibliography
Index