National Pastime - U.s. History Through Baseball

Informationen zum Autor By Martin C. Babicz and Thomas W. Zeiler Klappentext 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.   Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsForewordChapter 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: TraditionsBibliographic Essay

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• Authors: Martin Babicz, Martin C Babicz, Martin C. Babicz, Martin C. Zeiler Babicz, Thomas Zeiler, Thomas W Zeiler, Thomas W. Zeiler, Zeiler Thomas W.
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.10.2017
• EAN: 9781442235847
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-3584-7
• No. of pages: 292
• Series: American Ways Series; American Ways; American Ways
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Baseball, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / United States / General, SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History, History of the Americas, American history;sports