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Title: |
Reading Baseball |
| Sub-title: |
Books, Biographies & the Business of the Game |
Search Result:
| By (author): |
Braham Dabscheck |
| ISBN10-13: |
1935412248 : 9781935412243 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
227x150mm |
| Pages: |
238 |
| Weight: |
.324 Kg. |
| Published: |
Fitness Information Technology (US) - July 2011 |
| List Price: |
17.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 11 |
| Subjects: |
Social & cultural history : Baseball : USA |
| Braham Dabscheck muses upon some of baseball's silent yet magnificently important treasures. He examines several topics, including the business of the game (industrial and labour relations, Curt Flood, law and organised baseball); social commentary biographies (the work of Stephen Jay Gould and Ken Burns, for example); and culture of the game as it spreads across the globe to places like Australia, Japan, and Latin America. This collection of essays is both insightful and remarkable, and is a valuable companion to any enthusiast. |
| Table of Contents: |
| A Simple Matter of Control: Industrial Relations in American Baseball; Sport, Law, America!; An American Hero: Curt Flood & His Struggle Against Organized Baseball; The Sporting Cartel in History; Stephen Jay Gould Finds Joy in Mudville; Baseball & Philosophy; Baseball: A Refuge from America; Baseball Biographies: The Darling of Whiteball & the Epicenter of Blackball; Branch Rickey: Baseball's Master Paternalist; Shadows in the Spotlight: Two Jewish-American Baseball Players; Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, & Barry Bonds: The Rise & Fall of American Baseball Stars; The Commissioners; The Formation & Early Years of the Australian Baseball League; Spalding's World Tour & Baseball in Asia; Latinos & the National Pastime. |
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