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Author : David Quentin Voigt
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Download or read book From the commissioners to continental expansion written by David Quentin Voigt and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Quentin Voigt
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Download or read book American Baseball: From the commissioners to continental expansion written by David Quentin Voigt and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271044772
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book American Baseball. Vol. 2: From the Commissioners to Continental Expansion written by and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 1983 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "How did "America's National Game" evolve from a gentlemen's pastime in the 1850s to a national obsession in the Roaring Twenties? What really happened at Cooperstown in 1839, and why does the "Doubleday legend" persist? How did the commissioner system develop, and what was the impact of the "Black Sox" scandal? These questions and many others are answered in this book, with colorful details about early big league stars such as Mike "King" Kelly and pious Billy Sunday, Charles Comiskey and Ty Cobb, Napoleon Lajoie and "Cy" (Cyclone) Young. The author explores historically the four major periods of transformation of the game: the Gentlemen's Era, the Golden Age, the Feudal Age, and the incipient Silver Age. Attention is given to the changing face of the major league spectacle, the evolving style of the game, and the changing interests of players, fans, and owners, along with influential innovators and their innovations. There are a number of surprises in the book. For instance, several black players made the big leagues in the 1880s, only to be driven out by a rising tide of Jim Crowism. For three generations black players were to be confined to their own clubs and leagues. American baseball history reflects the nation's economic and social history, as author Voigt graphically demonstrates. On the fans' side, mass attendance at ball games reflects the rise of cities and the dilution of a work ethic with pursuit of leisure; on the owners' and players' side, organized baseball reflects the developing tension between big business and skilled employees. The result--despite ups and downs--is a typical American success story." --
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ISBN 13 : 9780271044774
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Download or read book American Baseball. Vol. 2: From the Commissioners to Continental Expansion written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Quentin Voigt
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Download or read book American baseball written by David Quentin Voigt and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Quentin Voigt
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ISBN 13 : 9780271003290
Total Pages : 0 pages
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Download or read book American Baseball written by David Quentin Voigt and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : David Quentin Voigt
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Total Pages : 384 pages
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Download or read book American Baseball: From the commissioners to continental expansion written by David Quentin Voigt and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Daniel A. Nathan
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252091981
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Saying It's So written by Daniel A. Nathan and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2010-10-01 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of "Shoeless" Joe Jackson and his White Sox teammates purportedly conspiring with gamblers to throw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds has lingered in our collective consciousness for a century. Daniel A. Nathan's wide-ranging history looks at how journalists, historians, novelists, filmmakers, and baseball fans have represented and remembered the scandal. Nathan's reflections on what these different cultural narratives reveal about their creators and eras shape a fascinating study of cultural values, memory, and the ways people make meaning.
Author : Steven A. Riess
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317459474
Total Pages : 1204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Sports in America from Colonial Times to the Twenty-First Century: An Encyclopedia written by Steven A. Riess and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 1204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A unique new reference work, this encyclopedia presents a social, cultural, and economic history of American sports from hunting, bowling, and skating in the sixteenth century to televised professional sports and the X Games today. Nearly 400 articles examine historical and cultural aspects of leagues, teams, institutions, major competitions, the media and other related industries, as well as legal and social issues, economic factors, ethnic and racial participation, and the growth of institutions and venues. Also included are biographical entries on notable individuals—not just outstanding athletes, but owners and promoters, journalists and broadcasters, and innovators of other kinds—along with in-depth entries on the history of major and minor sports from air racing and archery to wrestling and yachting. A detailed chronology, master bibliography, and directory of institutions, organizations, and governing bodies—plus more than 100 vintage and contemporary photographs—round out the coverage.
Author : David George Surdam
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
ISBN 13 : 0252097122
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (52 download)
Download or read book The Big Leagues Go to Washington written by David George Surdam and published by University of Illinois Press. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Between 1951 and 1989, Congress held a series of hearings to investigate the antitrust aspects of professional sports leagues. Among the concerns: ownership control of players, restrictions on new franchises, territorial protection, and other cartel-like behaviors. In The Big Leagues Go to Washington, David Surdam chronicles the key issues that arose during the hearings and the ways opposing sides used economic data and theory to define what was right, what was feasible, and what was advantageous to one party or another. As Surdam shows, the hearings affected matters as fundamental to the modern game as broadcasting rights, player drafts and unions, league mergers, and the dominance of the New York Yankees. He also charts how lawmakers from the West and South pressed for the relocation of ailing franchises to their states and the ways savvy owners dodged congressional interference when they could and adapted to it when necessary.
Author : Paul Aron
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 1476688303
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (766 download)
Download or read book The Lineup written by Paul Aron and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2022-07-06 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Focusing on the ten most influential baseball books of all time, this volume explores how these landmark works changed the game itself and made waves in American society at large. Satchel Paige's Pitchin' Man informed the dialog surrounding integration. Ring Lardner's You Know Me Al changed the way Americans viewed their baseball heroes and influenced the work of Hemingway and Fitzgerald. Bill James's Baseball Abstract transformed the way managers--including those in fields other than baseball--analyzed numbers. Pete Rose's My Story and My Prison Without Bars exposed and deepened a cultural divide that paved the way for Donald Trump.
Author : Peter Devereaux
Publisher : Smithsonian Institution
ISBN 13 : 158834634X
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (883 download)
Download or read book Game Faces written by Peter Devereaux and published by Smithsonian Institution. This book was released on 2018-10-23 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A charming gift book showcasing baseball cards from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries alongside photos from the early days of the nation's beloved pastime Game Faces showcases rare and colorful baseball cards from the Library of Congress's Benjamin K. Edwards Collection, bringing to life an era of American history that saw the game explode in popularity. Marrying gems from the collection's 2,100 baseball cards to images of American life from 1887 to 1914, the book also offers engaging insights into the players and the game, giving readers an intimate view of both baseball's development and American culture at the turn of the twentieth century. The book highlights cards depicting many of the game's first stars--including Ty Cobb, Cy Young, and Christy Mathewson--as well as less widely known figures, shown with extravagant ornamentation and boldly juxtaposed colors that render the cards works of art in their own right. Game Faces is a rich, engrossing history of the baseball card and the ways that it has illustrated and influenced American culture as a whole. It is a must-have for those who love baseball.
Author : Ray Broadus Browne
Publisher : Popular Press
ISBN 13 : 9780879721657
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (216 download)
Download or read book Popular Abstracts written by Ray Broadus Browne and published by Popular Press. This book was released on 1979 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popular Abstracts is a reference tool providing access to information appearing in past issues of three journals published by the Bowling Green Popular Press. Abstracts are included for each article appearing in the first ten volumes of The Journal of Popular Culture (1967-1977), the first five volumes of The Journal of Popular Film (1972-1977), and the first four volumes of Popular Music and Society (1971-1975).
Author : Allan Wood
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1469715716
Total Pages : 437 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (697 download)
Download or read book Babe Ruth and the 1918 Red Sox written by Allan Wood and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2000-12-26 with total page 437 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Babe Ruth and the 1918 Red Sox is the first complete account of Boston's fifth World Series championship. The year is famous, but most fans know very little about the season. During that tumultuous summer, the Great War in Europe cast an ominous shadow over the national game, as enlistments and the draft wreaked havoc with every team's roster. Players and owners fought bitterly over contracts and revenue, the parks were infested with gamblers, and the Red Sox and the Chicago Cubs almost called off the World Series. And a Boston player known as The Colossus -- 23-year-old Babe Ruth -- began his historic transformation from pitching ace to the game's greatest slugger. Wood also poses a chilling question: Was the 1918 World Series fixed? Sports Illustrated called the book "an entertaining and exhaustive account of a tumultuous season" and Robert W. Creamer, author of the definitive biography of Ruth, said "Mr. Wood has lit upon one of the most turbulent and important and at the same time least known years in baseball history. He has done remarkable, revelatory research, and he has a clean, clear way of writing."
Author : Mark L. Armour
Publisher : Potomac Books, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1574888056
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (748 download)
Download or read book Paths to Glory written by Mark L. Armour and published by Potomac Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2004-04 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essays on diamond success from the nineteenth century to the present
Author : Chris Lamb
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 1496229371
Total Pages : 415 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (962 download)
Download or read book Conspiracy of Silence written by Chris Lamb and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-10 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story behind the mainstream press’s efforts to preserve baseball’s color line and the efforts of Black and communist newspapers to end it.
Author : Robin F. Bachin
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022677211X
Total Pages : 445 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)
Download or read book Building the South Side written by Robin F. Bachin and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-05-06 with total page 445 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building the South Side explores the struggle for influence that dominated the planning and development of Chicago's South Side during the Progressive Era. Robin F. Bachin examines the early days of the University of Chicago, Chicago’s public parks, Comiskey Park, and the Black Belt to consider how community leaders looked to the physical design of the city to shape its culture and promote civic interaction. Bachin highlights how the creation of a local terrain of civic culture was a contested process, with the battle for cultural authority transforming urban politics and blurring the line between private and public space. In the process, universities, parks and playgrounds, and commercial entertainment districts emerged as alternative arenas of civic engagement. “Bachin incisively charts the development of key urban institutions and landscapes that helped constitute the messy vitality of Chicago’s late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century public realm.”—Daniel Bluestone, Journal of American History "This is an ambitious book filled with important insights about issues of public space and its use by urban residents. . . . It is thoughtful, very well written, and should be read and appreciated by anyone interested in Chicago or cities generally. It is also a gentle reminder that people are as important as structures and spaces in trying to understand urban development." —Maureen A. Flanagan, American Historical Review
