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UNINA9910453151103321 |
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Autore |
Nathanson Mitchell <1966-> |
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Titolo |
A people's history of baseball [[electronic resource] /] / Mitchell Nathanson |
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Urbana, : University of Illinois Press, c2012 |
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ISBN |
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0-252-09392-5 |
1-283-99454-2 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (298 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Baseball - United States - History |
Baseball - Social aspects - 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 (p. [261]-269) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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""Cover""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright Page""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Prologue""; ""1 A Game of Their Own""; ""2 The Sovereign Nation of Baseball""; ""3 Rickey, Race, and ""All Deliberate Speed""""; ""4 Tearing Down the Walls""; ""5 ""Wait 'Til Next Year"" and the Denial of History""; ""6 The Storytellers""; ""Notes""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""back cover"" |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Probes the other side of baseball history--episodes not involving equality, patriotism, heroism, and virtuous capitalism, but power--how it is obtained, how it perpetuates itself, and how it affects the game. |
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