Introduction: The Scribbling Class; "They Covered Themselves in Glory": The Lost Baseball World of the New Negro (Essay); Team Profiles, 1858-1900; Club Rosters, 1858-1900; Directory: Managers, Promoters and Other Contacts, 1867-1900; Brothers and Brotherhood: Black Baseball's Family Networks (Essay); Empire and Pastime: The Objectification of Black Baseball (Essay); Player Register, A-L; Player Register, M-Z; A Matter of Ability, and Not Color: The Rise of Black Umpires (Essay); Black Umpires: A Chronology of Games, 1859-1900The Politics of Performance: Music, Minstrelsy and Black Baseball (Essay); Appendix: The Families of Nineteenth Century Black Baseball
Summary
"This is one of the most important baseball books to be published in a long time, taking a comprehensive look at black participation in the national pastime from 1858 through 1900. It provides team rosters and team histories, player biographies, a list of umpires and games they officiated, and information on team managers and team secretaries"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 15, 2019)
