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The age of Ruth and Landis : the economics of baseball during the roaring twenties
- Title
- The age of Ruth and Landis : the economics of baseball during the roaring twenties / David George Surdam and Michael J. Haupert.
- Author
- Surdam, David George
- Publication
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Haupert, Michael J.
- Description
- xi, 405 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- "Economic history of Major League Baseball during the pivotal 1920s"--
- Subjects
- Note
- Machine generated contents note: List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Baseball's Interminable Wars 2. The Rise of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis 3. Baseball's Longstanding Gambling Problem 4. The Financial Side of the Game 5. Getting Fans to the Ballpark 6. Trying to Make the Game More Popular 7. Not a Perfect Game 8. The Stars Are Realigned 9. Competitive Balance and Its Discontents 10. Owners versus Players 11. Highly Paid but Exploited Players 12. Hang On, the Minor Leagues' Bumpy Ride 13. Baseball and Ethnic Diversity 14. Hilldale and the Negro Leagues in the 1920s Epilogue: The Roaring Twenties and Major League Baseball Appendix 1: New York Yankees Financial Records Appendix 2: Salary Data Sources Notes Bibliography Index.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- 1. Baseball's Interminable Wars -- 2. The Rise of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis -- 3. Baseball's Longstanding Gambling Problem -- 4. The Financial Side of the Game -- 5. Getting Fans to the Ballpark -- 6. Trying to Make the Game More Popular -- 7. Not a Perfect Game -- 8. The Stars Are Realigned -- 9. Competitive Balance and Its Discontents -- 10. Owners versus Players -- 11. Highly Paid but Exploited Players -- 12. Hang On, the Minor Leagues' Bumpy Ride -- 13. Baseball and Ethnic Diversity -- 14. Hilldale and the Negro Leagues in the 1920s.
- Call Number
- JFE 18-5774
- ISBN
- 9780803296824
- 0803296827
- LCCN
- 2017044997
- OCLC
- 1009277340
- Author
- Surdam, David George, author.
- Title
- The age of Ruth and Landis : the economics of baseball during the roaring twenties / David George Surdam and Michael J. Haupert.
- Publisher
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Added Author
- Haupert, Michael J., author.
- Sudoc No.
- U5002 T661 -2018 nbdocs
- Research Call Number
- JFE 18-5774