Negro League Baseball - The Rise and Ruin of a Black Institution

Informationen zum Autor Neil Lanctot Klappentext Neil Lanctot teaches history at the University of Delaware. He is author of Fair Dealing and Clean Playing: The Hilldale Club and The Development of Black Professional Baseball, 1910-1932. Zusammenfassung The story of black professional baseball provides a remarkable perspective on several major themes in modern African American history: the initial black response to segregation! the struggle to establish successful separate enterprises! and the movement toward integration. This book presents the history of a great African American achievement. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface PART I. SEPARATE BUT EQUAL? Chapter 1. A Fragile Industry and a Struggling Community. Chapter 2. External Threats and Internal Dissension Chapter 3. Growing Pains Chapter 4. A New Beginning Chapter 5. An Industry Transformed Chapter 6. Life Inside a Changing Industry PART II. INTEGRATION Chapter 7. On the Outside Looking In Chapter 8. Breakthrough and Setback Chapter 9. Integration and the Changing Postwar World Chapter 10. "The Golden Era Has Passed" Chapter 11. The End of a Business List of Abbreviations Notes Index

Product details

• Authors: Neil Lanctot
• Publisher: University of pennsylvania pr
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.04.2008
• EAN: 9780812220278
• ISBN: 978-0-8122-2027-8
• No. of pages: 512
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 229 mm x 32 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > General, dictionaries, handbooks, yearbooks, history; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous