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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452096303321

Autore

Seymour Harold <1910-1992.>

Titolo

Baseball [[electronic resource] ] : the early years / / by Harold Seymour

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Oxford University Press, 1960

ISBN

0-19-802000-7

1-280-52299-2

9786610522996

1-4294-0145-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (394 p.)

Disciplina

796.357

Soggetti

Baseball - United States - History

Ball games - United States - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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