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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815833203321

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"--