Baseball History from Outside the Lines: A Reader [Paperback]

John E. Dreifort (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2001

Baseball History from Outside the Lines gathers the best recent historical literature about the game. These well-written essays describe developments in the game's past, assess their impact, and explain how they reflect the period in which they occurred. The essays also explore baseball's influences outside the field of play as well as the effect of external factors on the game. The contributors discuss such key issues as demographics, communities, social mobility, race and ethnicity, baseball as a business, player-management relations, amateurs, women, and international play.

(20040129)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

While previous histories by David Q. Voigt and Harold Seymour cover the development of baseball, the essays assembled here stress the game's social and cultural aspects. The essays range from the entry of African Americans, Jews, and other ethnics to labor relations and the movement West of franchises. Of special note are the spread of baseball to Japan, Canada, and Latin America. Though largely omitting the impact of TV, this book is ideal for academic and large public libraries.
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"While previous histories by David Q. Voigt and Harold Seymour cover the development of baseball, the essays assembled here stress the game''s social and cultural aspects. The essays range from the entry of African Americans, Jews, and other ethnics to labor relations and the movement West of franchises. Of special note are the spread of baseball to Japan, Canada, and Latin America. . . . This book is ideal for academic and large public libraries."—Library Journal

(Library Journal )

“The best and most important essays that are based on archival schola (Jerry J. Wright International Journal of the History of Sport )

"A rich collection of issues that touch upon baseball and center on American culture during the last century. . . . A solid example of scholarship that centers on baseball as a tool to evaluate American life."—James Lake, Florida Historical Quarterly

(James Lake Floriday Historical Quarterly )

"This collection not only provides a substantial sample of the rich body of recent publications in scholarly journals and monographs, but it also helps to fill a large lacuna in baseball literature. It features essays that look in depth at some of baseball''s most critical issues. I expect that all serious students of baseball will want to own this volume."—Benjamin G. Rader, author of Baseball: A History of America''s Game

(Benjamin G. Rader )

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Product Details

• Paperback: 363 pages
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press; First Edition edition (April 1, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0803265875
• ISBN-13: 978-0803265875
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #270,318 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)