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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung Shows how baseball during the 1920s experienced both strife and prosperity! innovation and conservatism. With figures such as the incomparable Babe Ruth! Kenesaw Mountain Landis! Rogers Hornsby! Ty Cobb! Walter Johnson! Tris Speaker! and Eddie Collins! the decade featured an exciting brand of livelier baseball! new stadiums! and overall stability. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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...
