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Informationen zum Autor James E. Brunson III is an art historian who specializes in American Modernism. His work has been published in NINE: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture, and Base Ball: A Journal of the Early Game. A practicing artist who specializes in watercolor painting, he currently teaches visual culture at Northern Illinois University. Klappentext Provides a comprehensive look at black participation in Baseball. It provides biographical lists: team rosters and team biographies, player biographies, umpires and games officiated, and addresses of team managers and team secretaries. Player biographies make connections between teams across the country and trace movements across the US. Zusammenfassung Provides a comprehensive look at black participation in Baseball. It provides biographical lists: team rosters and team biographies! player biographies! umpires and games officiated! and addresses of team managers and team secretaries. Player biographies make connections between teams across the country and trace movements across the US. Inhaltsverzeichnis Table of ContentsVolumeAcknowledgmentsForeword by John ThornPrefaceIntroduction: The Scribbling Class"They Covered Themselves in Glory": The Lost Baseball World of the New Negro (Essay)Team Profiles, 1858-1900Club Rosters, 1858-1900Directory: Managers, Promoters and Other Contacts, 1867-1900VolumeBrothers and Brotherhood: Black Baseball's Family Networks (Essay)Empire and Pastime: The Objectification of Black Baseball (Essay)Player Register, A-LVolumePlayer Register, M-ZA Matter of Ability, and Not Color: The Rise of Black Umpires (Essay) 1317Black Umpires: A Chronology of Games, 1858-1900 1323The Politics of Performance: Music, Minstrelsy and Black Baseball (Essay) 1331Appendix: The Families of Nineteenth Century Black Baseball 1337Bibliography 1361Index 1367
