The Workingman's Game: Waverly, New York, the Twin Tiers and the Making of Modern Baseball, 1887–1898 - Couverture souple

Brewster, William H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1643882325 ISBN 13 : 9781643882321

Editeur : Luminare Press, 2019

Synopsis

2020 SABR Seymour Medal Finalist

"This book is fantastic. It is a fascinating look at the history of baseball in this specific area. It is well researched and well written. The organization of the book is also really well done." - Judge, 28th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards. Professional baseball in the late 1890s was at a dangerous crossroads.

Attendance was low, team rosters were unstable, and monopolistic major league owners were shrinking the game to avoid losing money. Meanwhile, players were refining their craft and organizing themselves in order to expand the game and improve their prospects. The roots of the players’ efforts were on the minor league fields of southern New York and northern Pennsylvania amidst bitter disagreements over the economics of anthracite coal and the justice of racial and ethnic integration. In Waverly, NY, and neighboring towns, former and future major leaguers played alongside common laborers. Their experiences as working men reflected the era, a time when economic dislocation, racial and labor strife, and record-high immigration levels led many to question whether instability was a permanent part of the American experience. In many ways, it was a transitional era very similar to our own.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Luminare Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1643882325
• ISBN 13: 9781643882321
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 350
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