1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795178803321

Autore

Surdam David George

Titolo

The Age of Ruth and Landis : The Economics of Baseball during the Roaring Twenties / / David George Surdam, Michael J. Haupert

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lincoln : , : University of Nebraska Press, , 2018

Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2018

©2018

ISBN

1-4962-0571-5

1-4962-0573-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Classificazione

SPO003030

Disciplina

331.88/11796357

Soggetti

SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History

Baseball team owners - United States - Economic conditions - 20th century

Baseball players - United States - Economic conditions - 20th century

Baseball - Economic aspects - United States - History - 20th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Machine generated contents note: List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Baseball's Interminable Wars 2. The Rise of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis 3. Baseball's Longstanding Gambling Problem 4. The Financial Side of the Game 5. Getting Fans to the Ballpark 6. Trying to Make the Game More Popular 7. Not a Perfect Game 8. The Stars Are Realigned 9. Competitive Balance and Its Discontents 10. Owners versus Players 11. Highly Paid but Exploited Players 12. Hang On, the Minor Leagues' Bumpy Ride 13. Baseball and Ethnic Diversity 14. Hilldale and the Negro Leagues in the 1920s Epilogue: The Roaring Twenties and Major League Baseball Appendix 1: New York Yankees Financial Records Appendix 2: Salary Data Sources Notes Bibliography Index.

Sommario/riassunto

"Economic history of Major League Baseball during the pivotal 1920s"--



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910787388403321

Autore

Posamentier Alfred S.

Titolo

100 commonly asked questions in math class : answers that promote mathematical understanding, grades 6-12 / / Alfred S. Posamentier, William Farber, Terri L. Germain-Williams, Elaine Paris, Bernd Thaller, Ingmar Lehmann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Thousand Oaks, California : , : Corwin, , [2013]

�2013

ISBN

1-4833-3399-X

1-4833-3283-7

1-4833-8787-9

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiv, 217 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Gale eBooks

Disciplina

510.712

Soggetti

Mathematics - Study and teaching (Middle school)

Mathematics - Study and teaching (Secondary)

Mathematics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

100 COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS IN MATH CLASS-FRONT COVER; 100 COMMONLY ASKED QUESTIONS IN MATH CLASS; CONTENTS; ABOUT THE AUTHORS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER 1: GENERAL QUESTIONS; CHAPTER 2: ARITHMETIC QUESTIONS; CHAPTER 3: ALGEBRA QUESTIONS; CHAPTER 4: GEOMETRY QUESTIONS; CHAPTER 5: PROBABILITY QUESTIONS; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

This volume contains fun answers to students' 100 most frequently asked math questions. Even if you already have the answers, Al Posamentier's explanations are certain to keep young peole hooked. The questions are all organised around the Common Core's math content standards and relate directly to Numbers and Quantity, Functions, Algebra, Geometry, and Statistics and Probability.