America's game : a history of major league baseball through World War II / Bryan Soderholm-Difatte.
2018
GV863.A1 S687 2018eb
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Title
America's game : a history of major league baseball through World War II / Bryan Soderholm-Difatte.
ISBN
9781538110638 (electronic book)
1538110636 (electronic book)
9781538110621
1538110636 (electronic book)
9781538110621
Published
Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, [2018]
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvii, 485 pages) : illustrations
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GV863.A1 S687 2018eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
796.357/64
Summary
This comprehensive survey of major league baseball covers the beginning of the twentieth century up to Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in 1947. It examines key figures in baseball-such as Babe Ruth, John McGraw, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, and Joe DiMaggio-and major developments in the game's structure, rules, and strategies.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Part I: Deadball baseball
Part II: Baseball in transition
Part III: Empire building in the lively ball era
Part IV: Baseball, war, and society.
Part II: Baseball in transition
Part III: Empire building in the lively ball era
Part IV: Baseball, war, and society.