The national game : baseball and American culture /
Rossi, John P.
The national game : baseball and American culture / John P. Rossi. - Chicago : I.R. Dee, 2000. - ix, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-235) and index.
Origins of the game -- Baseball as big business, 1876-1891 -- Coming of age, 1891-1908 -- The wars of baseball, 1909-1918 -- Golden age, 1919-1931 -- Baseball in Depression and war, 1931-1945 -- No golden age: baseball, 1946-1960 -- Coming apart, 1961-1977 -- Best of times, worst of times, 1978-1994 -- The future of the national game.
"The National Game chronicles baseball's popular successes and financial failures; its interleague wars and continuing struggles between owners and players; and its accommodations, to radio and television. Mr. Rossi shows how the game has been able to survive a number of crises throughout its history without altering its fundamental nature, and how it has sought to adjust to changing audiences. Yet he tells the story without neglecting the colorful players and managers, and the great teams, that have won the hearts of fans."--Jacket.
1566632870 9781566632874 1566634164 9781566634168
99053674
Baseball--Social aspects--History.--United States
Baseball--Social aspects.
United States.
History.
GV867.64 / .R68 2000
796.357/0973
The national game : baseball and American culture / John P. Rossi. - Chicago : I.R. Dee, 2000. - ix, 243 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-235) and index.
Origins of the game -- Baseball as big business, 1876-1891 -- Coming of age, 1891-1908 -- The wars of baseball, 1909-1918 -- Golden age, 1919-1931 -- Baseball in Depression and war, 1931-1945 -- No golden age: baseball, 1946-1960 -- Coming apart, 1961-1977 -- Best of times, worst of times, 1978-1994 -- The future of the national game.
"The National Game chronicles baseball's popular successes and financial failures; its interleague wars and continuing struggles between owners and players; and its accommodations, to radio and television. Mr. Rossi shows how the game has been able to survive a number of crises throughout its history without altering its fundamental nature, and how it has sought to adjust to changing audiences. Yet he tells the story without neglecting the colorful players and managers, and the great teams, that have won the hearts of fans."--Jacket.
1566632870 9781566632874 1566634164 9781566634168
99053674
Baseball--Social aspects--History.--United States
Baseball--Social aspects.
United States.
History.
GV867.64 / .R68 2000
796.357/0973