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Wins, losses, and empty seats : how baseball outlasted the Great Depression
- Title
- Wins, losses, and empty seats : how baseball outlasted the Great Depression / David George Surdam.
- Author
- Surdam, David G. (David George)
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2011.
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Details
- Description
- xxv, 417 p.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- Analyzes how the economic structure and operations side of Major League Baseball during the Great Depression took a beating but managed to endure, Albeit changed by the societal forces of its time.
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The financial side of the game. The American economy and the state of baseball profits ; Why did profits collapse? The revenue side ; Why did profits collapse? Player salaries and other expenses ; Farm systems -- The game on the field. Competitive balance ; Player movement -- Using league rules to aid in the recovery. Helping the indigent ; Manipulating the schedule to increase revenue -- Innovations to boost attendance and profits. Radio and baseball ; Baseball under the lights ; Other innovations ; How effective were the innovations? ; The inept and the restless.
- Call Number
- JFD 12-4404
- ISBN
- 9780803234826 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0803234821 (cloth : alk. paper)
- LCCN
- 2011002716
- OCLC
- 679936557
- Author
- Surdam, David G. (David George)
- Title
- Wins, losses, and empty seats : how baseball outlasted the Great Depression / David George Surdam.
- Imprint
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, c2011.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 12-4404