A. G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball - The Promise of American Sport

Klappentext A. G. Spalding was a key figure in the professionalization and commercialization of American sports. Co-founder of baseball's National League, owner of the Chicago White Stockings (later the Cubs), and founder of a sporting goods business that made him a millionaire, Spalding not only willed baseball to be our national pastime but also contributed to making sport a significant part of American life. This biography captures the zest, flamboyance, and creativity of Albert Goodwell Spalding, a man of insatiable ego, a showman and entrepreneur, whose life illuminated the hopes and fears of 19th-century Americans. It is a vivid evocation of the vanished world of 19th-century baseball, recreating a time when it was transformed from a game played on unkempt fields to modern style.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Peter Levine, Peter (Professor of History At Michigan St Levine, Peter (Professor of History at Michigan State University) Levine, Levine Peter
• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 11.09.1986
• EAN: 9780195042207
• ISBN: 978-0-19-504220-7
• Seiten: 198
• Themen: Ratgeber > Sport > Ballsport; Sachbuch > Politik, Gesellschaft, Wirtschaft > Gesellschaft; Baseball, History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, HISTORY / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / General, Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge, Popular beliefs and controversial knowledge