The American Game
Subtitle: Baseball and Ethnicity (Writing Baseball)
Contributors: Allan H Selig (Foreword); Lawrence Baldassaro (Editor); Richard Johnson (Editor)
Edition: 1st Edition edition
Publisher: Southern Illinois University
Published: May 30, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9780809324453
Subjects: American studies; Baseball; Ethnic studies; Social history; United States; Ethnic Studies - General; Blacks And Sports; Sports & Recreation; Sports; USA; Ethnicity; Baseball - General; Sports & Recreation / Baseball / General; Baseball - History; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; Social aspects
First sentence: Ever since athletes of German and Irish descent entered the major leagues in large numbers more than a century ago, the ethnic background of baseball players has fascinated fans and the media.