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Vaught David <1958-> |
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The farmers' game [[electronic resource] ] : baseball in rural America / / David Vaught |
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Baltimore, : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (229 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Baseball - United States - History |
Baseball - Social aspects - United States |
Country life - United States - History |
Farm life - United States - History |
Electronic books. |
United States Rural conditions |
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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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""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""INTRODUCTION: Abner Doubleday and Baseball�s Idol of Origins""; ""CHAPTER 1 Playing Ball in Cooperstown in the Formative Years of the American Republic""; ""CHAPTER 2 Baseball and the Transformation of Rural California""; ""CHAPTER 3 Multicultural Ball in the Heyday of Texas Cotton Agriculture""; ""CHAPTER 4 The Making of Bob Feller and the Modern American Farmer""; ""CHAPTER 5 The Milroy Yankees and the Decline of Southwest Minnesota""; ""CHAPTER 6 Gaylord Perry, the Spitter, and Farm Life in Eastern North Carolina"" |
""EPILOGUE: Vintage Ball""""Notes""; ""Essay on Sources""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""; ""Z"" |
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