The study of baseball history and culture shows the national pastime to be a forum of debate where issues of sport, labor, race, character and the ethics of work and play are decided. An understanding of baseball calls for consideration of different perspectives.
This very readable textbook offers insights into baseball history as a subject worthy of scholarly attention. Each chapter introduces a specific disciplinary approach--history, economics, media, law and fiction--and poses representative questions scholars from these fields would consider.
Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
The study of baseball history and culture shows the national pastime to be a forum of debate where issues of sport, labor, race, character and the ethics of work and play are decided. An understanding of baseball calls for consideration of different perspectives.
This very readable textbook offers insights into baseball history as a subject worthy of scholarly attention. Each chapter introduces a specific disciplinary approach--history, economics, media, law and fiction--and poses representative questions scholars from these fields would consider.
Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
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ISBN-13: | 9781476618890 |
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Publisher: | McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers |
Publication date: | 01/09/2015 |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 220 |
File size: | 841 KB |
Age Range: | 18 Years |