The story of Jackie Robinson valiantly breaking baseball’s color barrier in 1947 is one most Americans know. But less recognized is the fact that some seventy years earlier, following the Civil War, baseball was tenuously biracial and had the potential for a truly open game. How, then, did the game become so firmly segregated that it required a trailblazer like Robinson? The answer, Ryan A. Swanson suggests, has everything to do with the politics of “reconciliation” and a wish to avoid the issues of race that an integrated game necessarily raised.
The history of baseball during Reconstruction, as Swanson tells it, is a story of lost opportunities. Thomas Fitzgerald and Octavius Catto (a Philadelphia baseball tandem), for example, were poised to emerge as pioneers of integration in the 1860s. Instead, the desire to create a “national game”—professional and appealing to white northerners and southerners alike—trumped any movement toward civil rights. Focusing on Philadelphia, Washington DC, and Richmond—three cities with large Black populations and thriving baseball clubs—Swanson uncovers the origins of baseball’s segregation and the mechanics of its implementation.
An important piece of sports history, his work also offers a better understanding of Reconstruction, race, and segregation in America.
Автор: Dixon Phil S. Название: The Dizzy and Daffy Dean Barnstorming Tour: Race, Media, and America`s National Pastime ISBN: 1538127393 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781538127391 Издательство: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers Рейтинг: Цена: 49280.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: This book follows Dizzy and Daffy Dean`s All-Stars as they barnstormed across the country in 1934, taking the field against the greatest teams in the Negro Leagues. It shows the glory of the games as well as the disingenuous journalistic tactics that proliferated during the tour with an introspective look at its impact on race relations.
Автор: Zimbalist Andrew S. Название: In the Best Interests of Baseball?: Governing the National Pastime ISBN: 0803245351 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780803245358 Издательство: Wiley EDC Рейтинг: Цена: 24010.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
In the Best Interests of Baseball? is a thoughtful, balanced look at the impact of the ninth commissioner of baseball, Bud Selig, on the sport as well as an examination of the commissioner’s position in a historical context. The more controversial topics Andrew Zimbalist probes include the conflicts of interest arising from Selig’s original role as owner/commissioner; Selig’s response to the persistent steroids scandal; the commissioner’s role in promoting and marketing the sport; player relations and the collective-bargaining agreement; managing explosive conflicts among the owners; the game’s economic challenges; major changes made on Selig’s watch; and Selig’s growing compensation.
Underlying this very public evaluation is a far more challenging question: given the legal, economic, and political architecture of Major League Baseball, can any commissioner act in the best interest of the game? Based on dozens of interviews with Selig, former president and chief operating officer of Major League Baseball Bob DuPuy, and scores of baseball insiders and interested outsiders, as well as on mountains of historic baseball documents, In the Best Interests of Baseball? challenges everything you thought you knew about the game, the Major Leagues, the players, the owners, and, most of all, the man at the helm.
This edition includes a new preface and epilogue by the author discussing the developments in the baseball industry since 2005 and anticipating what lies ahead for the national pastime.
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Автор: Jozsa Frank P. Название: The Making of Modern Baseball: Over 100 Years of Change That Formed America`s Favorite Pastime ISBN: 1782551891 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781782551898 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 23760.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка. Описание: The Making of Modern Baseball examines the development of Major League Baseball, including the recruitment, entry, and performance of ballplayers from foreign countries; the competitive balance or degree of parity that exists among teams within and between the American and National League.
Автор: Lawrence S. Katz Название: Baseball in 1939: The Watershed Season of the National Pastime ISBN: 0786471638 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780786471638 Издательство: Mare Nostrum (Eurospan) Рейтинг: Цена: 27720.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание: Through extensive research, augmented by interviews with such Hall of Famers as Bob Feller, Ernie Harwell, Charlie Gehringer and Monte Irvin, this retells the story of the pivotal 1939 baseball season. The appendix provides a statistical summary of the year.
Автор: Stephenson Gregory Название: IS BASEBALL HOLY? Jack Kerouac and the National Pastime ISBN: 8797156957 ISBN-13(EAN): 9788797156957 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 8270.00 T Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ. Описание:
Representations of baseball in Jack Kerouac's letters, journals, fiction, poetry & essays. Perspectives on the spiritual dimensions of the sport, drawn from articles and books by scholars in the field.
Автор: Belknap Grafton Название: A Pastime: A Little Book of Verse (Classic Reprint) ISBN: 1331760607 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781331760603 Издательство: Неизвестно Цена: 8800.00 T Наличие на складе: Невозможна поставка.
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