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UNINA9910452096303321 |
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Seymour Harold <1910-1992.> |
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Titolo |
Baseball [[electronic resource] ] : the early years / / by Harold Seymour |
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New York, : Oxford University Press, 1960 |
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ISBN |
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0-19-802000-7 |
1-280-52299-2 |
9786610522996 |
1-4294-0145-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (394 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Baseball - United States - History |
Ball games - United States - History |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; PART ONE - THE AMATEUR ERA; PART TWO - BASEBALL BECOMES A BUSINESS; PART THREE - ORGANIZED BASEBALL; PART FOUR - MONOPOLY AT ITS APEX; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; INDEX |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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These two critically-acclaimed volumes mark the beginning of a monumental multi-volume study of baseball by the man whom Sports Illustrated has called ""the Edward Gibbon of baseball history."" Now available in paperback, Harold Seymour's The Early Years and The Golden Age together recount the true story of how baseball came into being and how it developed into a highly organized business and social institution. The first volume, The Early Years , traces the growth of baseball from the time of the first recorded ball game at Valley Forge during the revolution until the formation of the two pre |
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