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Reading baseball : books, biographies, and the business of the game

Title
Reading baseball : books, biographies, and the business of the game / by Braham Dabscheck.
Author
Dabscheck, Braham.
Publication
Morgantown, WV : Fitness Information Technology, c2011.

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Description
xxiii, 212 p. : ill.; 23 cm.
Series Statement
Sport & global cultures series
Uniform Title
Sport & global cultures series.
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-203) and index.
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.
Call Number
JFE 12-1151
ISBN
  • 1935412248
  • 9781935412243
LCCN
2011920471
OCLC
733943549
Author
Dabscheck, Braham.
Title
Reading baseball : books, biographies, and the business of the game / by Braham Dabscheck.
Imprint
Morgantown, WV : Fitness Information Technology, c2011.
Series
Sport & global cultures series
Sport & global cultures series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-203) and index.
Research Call Number
JFE 12-1151
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