Bibliograph

National pastime, U.S. history through baseball, Martin C. Babicz and Thomas W. Zeiler

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National pastime, U.S. history through baseball, Martin C. Babicz and Thomas W. Zeiler

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

National pastime

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1004636069

Responsibility statement

Martin C. Babicz and Thomas W. Zeiler

Sub title

U.S. history through baseball

Table Of Contents

Baseball in Tocqueville's America (to 1870) -- The industrialization of leisure (1871 to 1883) -- Color and global barriers (1865 to 1918) -- The American labor movement & the players' league (1884 to 1891) -- Progressivism and the American League (1892 to 1903) -- Normalcy and the Black Sox scandal (1904 to 1922) -- Babe Ruth and the roaring twenties (1920 to 1929) -- Segregation and the Negro leagues (1896 to 1949) -- Baseball and the Great Depression (1929 to 1940) -- Baseball goes to war (1941 to 1945) -- Jackie Robinson and civil rights (1946 to 1987) -- The postwar American century (1945 to 1964) -- Change and revolution (1960 to 1975) -- Baseball in post-industrial America (since 1975) -- A global game (since 1865) -- Epilogue: traditions

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United States history through baseball

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