A.G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball: The Promise of American Sport - Couverture souple

Levine, Peter

 
9780195042207: A.G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball: The Promise of American Sport
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0195042204 ISBN 13 : 9780195042207
Editeur : Oxford University Press USA, 1985

Synopsis

A. G. Spalding was a key figure in the professionalization and commercialization of American sports. Co-founder of baseball's National League, owner of the Chicago White Stockings (later Cubs), and founder of a sporting goods business that made him a millionaire, Spalding not only willed baseball to be our national pastime but also contributed to making sport a significant part of American life.
This biography captures the zest, flamboyance, and creativity of Albert Goodwell Spalding, a man of insatiable ego, a showman and entrepreneur, whose life illuminated the hopes and fears of 19th-century Americans. It is also a vivid evocation of the vanished world of 19th-century baseball, recreating a time when it was transformed from a game played on unkempt fields to modern style.

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Éditeur
Oxford University Press USA
Date d'édition
1985
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0195042204
ISBN 13 
9780195042207
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
216
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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9780195035520: A. G. Spalding And the Rise of Baseball: The Promise of American Sport

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0195035526 ISBN 13 :  9780195035520
Editeur : Oxford Univ Pr, 1985
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