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Out of left field Jews and Black baseball

Title: Out of left field [electronic resource] : Jews and Black baseball / Rebecca T. Alpert.
Author: Alpert, Rebecca T. (Rebecca Trachtenberg), 1950-
Publication: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, c2011.

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Description

1 online resource (ix, 236 p.) : ill.

Uniform Title

Out of left field (Online)

Alternative Title

Out of left field (Online)

Subject

Baseball > Social aspects > History > 20th century
Racism in sports > United States > History > 20 century
African Americans > Relations with Jews > History > 20th century

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-226) and index.

Access (note)

Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Baseball was America -- The business of Black baseball before World War II -- World War II and the advancement of Black baseball -- The conflict over comedy baseball -- The Jewish contribution to ending Jim Crow baseball -- Enter Jackie Robinson.

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