| Description |
xxiii, 212 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Sport & global cultures series |
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Sport & global cultures series.
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| Contents |
Contents: A simple matter of control : industrial relations in American baseball -- Sport, law, America! -- An American hero : Curt Flood and his struggle against organized baseball -- The sporting cartel in history -- Stephen Jay Gould finds joy in Mudville -- Baseball and philosophy -- Baseball : a refuge from America -- Baseball biographies : the darling of whiteball and the epicenter of blackball -- Branch Rickey : baseball's master paternalist -- Shadows in the spotlight : two Jewish-American baseball players -- Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Barry Bonds : the rise and fall of American baseball players -- The commissioners -- The formation and early years of the Australian Baseball League -- Spalding's world tour and baseball in Asia -- Latinos and the national pastime |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Baseball -- Anecdotes.
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Baseball -- Biography.
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Baseball -- Australia -- History.
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Baseball -- History.
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Baseball -- United States -- History.
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes.
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Biographies.
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| LC no. |
2011920471 |
| ISBN |
1935412248 |
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9781935412243 (paperback) |
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