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Early Baseball and the Rise of the National League - Couverture souple

Melville, Tom

 
9780786409624: Early Baseball and the Rise of the National League
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0786409622 ISBN 13 : 9780786409624
Editeur : McFarland & Co Inc, 2001

Synopsis

Did modern baseball spontaneously arise from the genius of the American people? Did professionalism arise simply from a desire to turn baseball into a business? Did William Hulbert, organizer of the National League, really "save" baseball? These are three of the questions examined in this work about early baseball's role in American culture. Beginning with an introduction to the sport as achievement and expression, the author takes a close look at the early demand in New York for "the best against the best" in baseball and argues that this demand was contradictory to society's equally persistent demand that displays of "the best against the best" be locally accessible. This work offers insights into how baseball operated in its early days, with special attention paid to the National Association and how the National League came into being.

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À propos de l'auteur

Freelance writer and researcher Tom Melville lives in Wisconsin.

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Éditeur
McFarland & Co Inc
Date d'édition
2001
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0786409622
ISBN 13 
9780786409624
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
176
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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