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Author:   William M. Simons
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Edition:   2009-2010 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.367kg
ISBN:  

9780786435708

ISBN 10:   0786435704
Pages:   270
Publication Date:   11 March 2011
Recommended Age:   From 18 years
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents Acknowledgments      Introduction William M. Simons      PART I: BASEBALL AS CULTURE: DANCE, LITERATURE, NATIONAL CHARACTER, AND MYTH Plié Ball! Baseball in American Dance Jeff Katz      On the Brink: Babe Ruth in Dennis Lehane’s The Given Day Patricia L. Bryan and Thomas Wolf      The Golem, the Rabbi, and “That Long-Sought Hebrew Star”: Jews in 1920s Baseball William M. Simons      “The crowd began to shout ‘Atta boy,’ with a Lancashire accent”: The English Response to Baseball Exhibition Games in the Early 20th Century Beth Hise      The Little Lefty: Southpaw Perceptions and Reality Wayne Patterson      PART II: CONSTRUCTING BASEBALL HEROES Ty Cobb and the Culture of Honor Steve Tripp      The Sinner and the Saint: National Magazine Coverage of Ty Cobb and Christy Mathewson, 1900–1928 Amber Roessner      The Making of Charlie Hustle: Pete Rose and the American Dream, 1963–1985 Todd F. McDorman      PART III: BLACKS IN BASEBALL: FROM SEGREGATION TO CONFLICTED INTEGRATION The East-West Game: All-Stars and Negro League Finances Kenneth Winter and Michael J. Haupert      Playing in the Gray Area: Black Baseball and Its Jewish “Middleman” Economy Roberta J. Newman and Joel Nathan Rosen      A Calculus of Color: The Slow Integration of the American League, 1947–1959 Robert Kuhn McGregor      “The Plantation Owner” and “Brother Vida Blue”: Charlie Finley, Vida Blue, and the Politics of Race in Oakland Ron Briley      PART IV: THE ENTERPRISE OF BASEBALL: ECONOMICS AND ENTREPRENEURS How World War I Nearly Brought Down Professional Baseball Charles DeMotte      Babe Ruth vs. Baby Ruth: The Quest for a Candy Charles A. Poekel, Jr.      Branch Rickey Versus Larry MacPhail: How a Rivalry Turned Feud Impacted Major League Baseball on the Eve of Racial Integration Lee Lowenfish and William Marshall      PART V: THE GENESIS AND LEGACY OF BASEBALL SCHOLARSHIP Using Baseball Dorothy Seymour Mills      Index     

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“excellent...useful and engaging...essential”—Journal of Sport History.

"""excellent...useful and engaging...essential""--Journal of Sport History."

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William M. Simons is professor of history at the State University of New York–Oneonta.

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