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Informationen zum Autor Philadelphia's John P. Rossi, professor of history, LaSalle University, has written on baseball history for The International Journal of the History of Sport and The Phillies Report and periodically teaches a course on the relationship between baseball and American history. Klappentext This book provides a general history of baseball that connects developments in the sport with key themes in American history. Following each chapter are important readings that illustrate and document these connections and discussion questions that can be used in the classroom. Zusammenfassung This book provides a general history of baseball that connects developments in the sport with key themes in American history. Following each chapter are important readings that illustrate and document these connections and discussion questions that can be used in the classroom. Inhaltsverzeichnis AcknowledgmentsIntroductionChapter 1: Baseball's OriginsAdditional Readings: Spalding's Official Base Ball Guide 1908 and Bats, Balls, and Bullets: Baseball and the Civil War by George B. KirschChapter 2: Baseball Becomes a Business, 1876-1892 Additional Readings: Out at Home: Baseball Draws the Color Line by Jerry Malloy and Casey at the BatChapter 3: Monopoly Baseball and the Rise of the American League, 1891-1908Additional Readings: Race and Ethnicity in American Baseball: 1900-1919 by Steven A. Riess and Take Me Out to the Ball Game, 1908Chapter 4: Baseball's Silver AgeAdditional Reading: Anatomy of a Murder: The Federal League and the Courts by Gary HaileyChapter 5: The Roaring Twenties and Baseball's Golden AgeAdditional Readings: The Babe on Balance by Marshall Smelser and The Judge Who Ruled Baseball by Bruce WatsonChapter 6: Depression and World War II, 1931-1945Additional Readings: The History of Women's Baseball by Kerry Candaele and Baseball and World War II: A Study of the Landis-Roosevelt Correspondence by James A. PercocoChapter 7: Boom, Bust, and Expansion, 1946-1960Additional Reading: Blacks in Major League Baseball: The Experience of the First Generation, 1947-1961 by John Rossi Chapter 8: Baseball's New Frontier, 1961-1977Additional Readings: A Tale of Many Cities: The Westward Expansion of Major League Baseball in the 1950s by Lee Elihu Lowenfish and Walter O'Malley Was Right by Paul HirschChapter 9: The End of Baseball Innocence Additional Reading: The Quest of Marvin Miller: A Briefcase for a Lance by Lawrence RichardsChapter 10: Late Innings: Baseball Enters the New Century, 1994-2017Additional Reading: Totally Juiced: Confessions of a Former MVP by Tom VerducciIndexBibliographyAbout the Author...
