Reading baseball
Subtitle: books, biographies, and the business of the game
By: by Braham Dabscheck
Series: Sport & global cultures series; Sport & global cultures series
Publisher: Fitness Information Technology
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Morgantown, WV
Language: eng
Number of pages: 212
ISBN-13: 9781935412243
Subjects: Baseball; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-203) and index.
Table of contents: title: A simple matter of control : industrial relations in American baseball; title: Sport, law, America!; title: An American hero : Curt Flood and his struggle against organized baseball; title: The sporting cartel in history; title: Stephen Jay Gould finds joy in Mudville; title: Baseball and philosophy; title: Baseball : a refuge from America; title: Baseball biographies : the darling of whiteball and the epicenter of blackball; title: Branch Rickey : baseball's master paternalist; title: Shadows in the spotlight : two Jewish-American baseball players; title: Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, and Barry Bonds : the rise and fall of American baseball players; title: The commissioners; title: The formation and early years of the Australian Baseball League; title: Spalding's world tour and baseball in Asia; title: Latinos and the national pastime.