LEADER 02525nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910823518603321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-19-802000-7 010 $a1-280-52299-2 010 $a9786610522996 010 $a1-4294-0145-1 035 $a(CKB)1000000000465664 035 $a(EBL)271046 035 $a(OCoLC)476006296 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000289637 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12070955 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000289637 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10401437 035 $a(PQKB)10385290 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000108940 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11129577 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000108940 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10044135 035 $a(PQKB)10759789 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC271046 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL271046 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10142045 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL52299 035 $a(OCoLC)466424142 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000465664 100 $a19940926d1960 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aBaseball $ethe early years /$fby Harold Seymour 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew York $cOxford University Press$d1960 215 $a1 online resource (394 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-19-505912-3 311 0 $a0-19-500100-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aCONTENTS; PART ONE - THE AMATEUR ERA; PART TWO - BASEBALL BECOMES A BUSINESS; PART THREE - ORGANIZED BASEBALL; PART FOUR - MONOPOLY AT ITS APEX; BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE; INDEX 330 $aThese 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. 606 $aBaseball$zUnited States$xHistory 606 $aBall games$zUnited States$xHistory 615 0$aBaseball$xHistory. 615 0$aBall games$xHistory. 676 $a796.357 700 $aSeymour$b Harold$f1910-1992.$01641894 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910823518603321 996 $aBaseball$93986307 997 $aUNINA