This is an anthology of 24 papers that were presented at the Fourteenth Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held in June 2002, and co-sponsored by the State University of New York at Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Subsequent to initial presentation, papers were revised and edited for publication. The anthology is divided into five parts: Timebend: Baseball as History; The Business of Baseball; Race: Soul of the Game; Baseball Media: Literature, Journalism, and Cinema; and Baseball Culture: Age, Sexuality, and Religion. Timebend: Baseball as…mehr
This is an anthology of 24 papers that were presented at the Fourteenth Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held in June 2002, and co-sponsored by the State University of New York at Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Subsequent to initial presentation, papers were revised and edited for publication. The anthology is divided into five parts: Timebend: Baseball as History; The Business of Baseball; Race: Soul of the Game; Baseball Media: Literature, Journalism, and Cinema; and Baseball Culture: Age, Sexuality, and Religion. Timebend: Baseball as History ruminates on the lingering resonance of the game's past. The Business of Baseball examines sport from a commercial perspective. Race: Soul of the Game chronicles the African-American experience in baseball. Baseball Media: Literature , Journalism, and Cinema analyzes depictions of the game in the popular arts. Baseball Culture: Age, Sexuality, and Religion explores the social fabric of sport. Each part contains multiple essays related by theme and topic. A guide to the paper follows.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
William M. Simons is professor of history at the State University of New York-Oneonta. Alvin L. Hall is director of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania.
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Table of Contents Acknowledgments viii Preface Introduction PART 1. TIMEBENDS: BASEBALL AS HISTORY Keynote Address: Baseball Lives in the Depression Era Country Baseball on the Eastern Shore of Maryland (1867-1921) Pitcher at Twilight: Bill Monbouquette and the American Dream The Segregation of Professional Baseball in Kansas (1895-1899) PART 2. THE BUSINESS OF BASEBALL Engineering Baseball: Branch Rickey's Innovative Approach to Baseball Management The Pitch Men: Ty Cobb, Yogi Berra, and Cal Ripken, Jr. Assessing Outcomes of Baseball Labor Negotiations Letting the Gini Out of the Bottle: A Look at Inequality in Major League Baseball Since 1985 PART 3. RACE: SOUL OF THE GAME In the Tradition of Jackie Robinson: Ozzie Virgil and the Integration of the Detroit Tigers Jim Crows of a Feather: A Comparison of the Segregation and Desegregation Eras in Professional Baseball and Football The Social Significance of Sport: Implications for Race and Baseball Blacks in Baseball: Up from Neglect to Center Stage PART 4. BASEBALL MEDIA: LITERATURE, JOURNALISM, AND CINEMA Baseball and Ernest Hemingway The Black Press and the Integration of Baseball: When to Stop the Cheering Portrayals of Racial Minorities in Baseball Films When New York Was the Capital of Baseball: Remembering Bob Cooke and the Herald Tribune Types and Archetypes: The Characters of Baseball The Changing Language of Baseball Writers in Historical Context (1900-2001) PART 5. BASEBALL CULTURE: AGE, SEXUALITY, AND RELIGION On Being Gay in Major League Baseball When Baseball Players Wore Skirts: The Promotion of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Baseball Heroes and Femme Fatales Baseball and Its Appeal to Older Americans Believing in Baseball: The Religious Power of Our National Pastime Theology and Celebrity: How Celebrity Affects the Practice of Faith in Baseball Index
Table of Contents Acknowledgments viii Preface Introduction PART 1. TIMEBENDS: BASEBALL AS HISTORY Keynote Address: Baseball Lives in the Depression Era Country Baseball on the Eastern Shore of Maryland (1867-1921) Pitcher at Twilight: Bill Monbouquette and the American Dream The Segregation of Professional Baseball in Kansas (1895-1899) PART 2. THE BUSINESS OF BASEBALL Engineering Baseball: Branch Rickey's Innovative Approach to Baseball Management The Pitch Men: Ty Cobb, Yogi Berra, and Cal Ripken, Jr. Assessing Outcomes of Baseball Labor Negotiations Letting the Gini Out of the Bottle: A Look at Inequality in Major League Baseball Since 1985 PART 3. RACE: SOUL OF THE GAME In the Tradition of Jackie Robinson: Ozzie Virgil and the Integration of the Detroit Tigers Jim Crows of a Feather: A Comparison of the Segregation and Desegregation Eras in Professional Baseball and Football The Social Significance of Sport: Implications for Race and Baseball Blacks in Baseball: Up from Neglect to Center Stage PART 4. BASEBALL MEDIA: LITERATURE, JOURNALISM, AND CINEMA Baseball and Ernest Hemingway The Black Press and the Integration of Baseball: When to Stop the Cheering Portrayals of Racial Minorities in Baseball Films When New York Was the Capital of Baseball: Remembering Bob Cooke and the Herald Tribune Types and Archetypes: The Characters of Baseball The Changing Language of Baseball Writers in Historical Context (1900-2001) PART 5. BASEBALL CULTURE: AGE, SEXUALITY, AND RELIGION On Being Gay in Major League Baseball When Baseball Players Wore Skirts: The Promotion of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League Baseball Heroes and Femme Fatales Baseball and Its Appeal to Older Americans Believing in Baseball: The Religious Power of Our National Pastime Theology and Celebrity: How Celebrity Affects the Practice of Faith in Baseball Index
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