The best pitcher in baseball [[electronic resource] ] : the life of Rube Foster, Negro League giant / / Robert Charles Cottrell
| The best pitcher in baseball [[electronic resource] ] : the life of Rube Foster, Negro League giant / / Robert Charles Cottrell |
| Autore | Cottrell Robert C. <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 p.) |
| Disciplina |
796.357/092
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Baseball players - United States
African American baseball players Baseball team owners - United States Negro leagues - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
0-8147-9040-2
0-585-43474-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE. The Best Pitcher in the Country -- TWO. At the Top of His Game -- THREE. A Return to the Midwest -- FOUR. The Leland Giants -- FIVE. The Chicago American Giants and the Making of a Black Baseball Dynasty -- SIX. Another Championship -- SEVEN. The Dynasty Is Interrupted -- EIGHT. Back on Top in Wartime -- NINE. Rube Ball -- TEN. Black Baseball and the Segregated Community -- ELEVEN. Organizing Black Baseball -- TWELVE. Czar of Black Baseball -- THIRTEEN. Rube Foster’s Legacy -- FOURTEEN. The Drive to Cooperstown -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455686603321 |
Cottrell Robert C. <1950->
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2001 | ||
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The best pitcher in baseball : the life of Rube Foster, Negro League giant / / Robert Charles Cottrell
| The best pitcher in baseball : the life of Rube Foster, Negro League giant / / Robert Charles Cottrell |
| Autore | Cottrell Robert C. <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 pages) |
| Disciplina |
796.357/092
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Baseball players - United States
African American baseball players Baseball team owners - United States Negro leagues - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
Foster
Negro Rube baseball biography figure important most revealing |
| ISBN |
0-8147-9040-2
0-585-43474-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE. The Best Pitcher in the Country -- TWO. At the Top of His Game -- THREE. A Return to the Midwest -- FOUR. The Leland Giants -- FIVE. The Chicago American Giants and the Making of a Black Baseball Dynasty -- SIX. Another Championship -- SEVEN. The Dynasty Is Interrupted -- EIGHT. Back on Top in Wartime -- NINE. Rube Ball -- TEN. Black Baseball and the Segregated Community -- ELEVEN. Organizing Black Baseball -- TWELVE. Czar of Black Baseball -- THIRTEEN. Rube Foster’s Legacy -- FOURTEEN. The Drive to Cooperstown -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780181103321 |
Cottrell Robert C. <1950->
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2001 | ||
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The best pitcher in baseball : the life of Rube Foster, Negro League giant / / Robert Charles Cottrell
| The best pitcher in baseball : the life of Rube Foster, Negro League giant / / Robert Charles Cottrell |
| Autore | Cottrell Robert C. <1950-> |
| Edizione | [1st ed.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : New York University Press, c2001 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (232 pages) |
| Disciplina |
796.357/092
B |
| Soggetto topico |
Baseball players - United States
African American baseball players Baseball team owners - United States Negro leagues - History |
| ISBN |
0-8147-9040-2
0-585-43474-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Front matter -- CONTENTS -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION -- ONE. The Best Pitcher in the Country -- TWO. At the Top of His Game -- THREE. A Return to the Midwest -- FOUR. The Leland Giants -- FIVE. The Chicago American Giants and the Making of a Black Baseball Dynasty -- SIX. Another Championship -- SEVEN. The Dynasty Is Interrupted -- EIGHT. Back on Top in Wartime -- NINE. Rube Ball -- TEN. Black Baseball and the Segregated Community -- ELEVEN. Organizing Black Baseball -- TWELVE. Czar of Black Baseball -- THIRTEEN. Rube Foster’s Legacy -- FOURTEEN. The Drive to Cooperstown -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910956589303321 |
Cottrell Robert C. <1950->
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| New York, : New York University Press, c2001 | ||
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Izzy : a biography of i.f. stone / / Robert C. Cottrell & foreword by Eric Alterman
| Izzy : a biography of i.f. stone / / Robert C. Cottrell & foreword by Eric Alterman |
| Autore | Cottrell Robert C. <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, New Jersey : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (553 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 070.92 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AltermanEric |
| Soggetto topico | Journalism |
| Soggetto non controllato | I F Stone, izzy stone, journalist, intellectual, political maverick, twentieth century, liberal, radical ideals, radical commentator, American radicalism, left-wing journalism, Western intellectual, interventionism, civil liberties |
| ISBN | 1-9788-1629-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Izzy, the Icon -- 2. Early Progress and Greater Philadelphia -- 3. On the Record -- 4. A New Deal and the Popular Front at the Post -- 5. The American Left, Interventionism, and Civil Liberties -- 6. Fighting the Good War -- 7. Going Underground -- 8. The Demise of the Old Left -- 9. The Panic Was On -- 10. A “Little Flea-Bite Publication” -- 11. “We Have to Learn to Think in a New Way” -- 12. Knockin’ on Jim Crow’s Door -- 13. “The Steve Canyon Comic Strip Mentality” -- 14. Telling Truth to Power: The Emperor Has No Clothes -- 15. From Pariah to Character to National Institution -- 16. An Old Firehorse in Semiretirement -- 17. A Return to the Classics -- 18. The Rock of Stone -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910794397103321 |
Cottrell Robert C. <1950->
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| New Brunswick, New Jersey : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2020 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Izzy : a biography of i.f. stone / / Robert C. Cottrell & foreword by Eric Alterman
| Izzy : a biography of i.f. stone / / Robert C. Cottrell & foreword by Eric Alterman |
| Autore | Cottrell Robert C. <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, New Jersey : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (553 pages) : illustrations |
| Disciplina | 070.92 |
| Altri autori (Persone) | AltermanEric |
| Soggetto topico | Journalism |
| Soggetto non controllato | I F Stone, izzy stone, journalist, intellectual, political maverick, twentieth century, liberal, radical ideals, radical commentator, American radicalism, left-wing journalism, Western intellectual, interventionism, civil liberties |
| ISBN | 1-9788-1629-4 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Izzy, the Icon -- 2. Early Progress and Greater Philadelphia -- 3. On the Record -- 4. A New Deal and the Popular Front at the Post -- 5. The American Left, Interventionism, and Civil Liberties -- 6. Fighting the Good War -- 7. Going Underground -- 8. The Demise of the Old Left -- 9. The Panic Was On -- 10. A “Little Flea-Bite Publication” -- 11. “We Have to Learn to Think in a New Way” -- 12. Knockin’ on Jim Crow’s Door -- 13. “The Steve Canyon Comic Strip Mentality” -- 14. Telling Truth to Power: The Emperor Has No Clothes -- 15. From Pariah to Character to National Institution -- 16. An Old Firehorse in Semiretirement -- 17. A Return to the Classics -- 18. The Rock of Stone -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807772403321 |
Cottrell Robert C. <1950->
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| New Brunswick, New Jersey : , : Rutgers University Press, , 2020 | ||
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Roger Nash Baldwin and the American Civil Liberties Union / / Robert C. Cottrell
| Roger Nash Baldwin and the American Civil Liberties Union / / Robert C. Cottrell |
| Autore | Cottrell Robert C. <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 pages) |
| Disciplina | 323/.092 B |
| Collana | Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History |
| Soggetto topico |
Civil rights - United States
Civil rights - United States - History |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 0-231-53403-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Growing Up in Wellesley Hills -- 2. The Inevitable Harvard and Beyond -- 3. The Progressive as Social Worker -- 4. The Civic League -- 5. Early Civil Liberties Career -- 6. The National Civil Liberties Bureau -- 7. The United States v. Roger Baldwin -- 8. Prison Life -- 9. An Unconventional Marriage -- 10. The American Civil Liberties Union -- 11. The ACLU Under Suspicion -- 12. Turning to the Courts -- 13. International Human Rights -- 14. A European Sabbatical -- 15. Free Speech and the Class Struggle -- 16. From the United Front to the Popular Front -- 17. The Home Front -- 18. Controversies on the Path from Fellow Traveling to Anticommunism -- 19. Civil Liberties During World War II -- 20. “Quite a Dysfunctional Family” -- 21. The Cold War, the Shogun, and International Civil Liberties -- 22. A Very Public Retirement in the Age of Anticommunism -- 23. A Man of Contradictions -- 24. Matters of Principle -- 25. The Public Image -- 26. Traveling Hopefully -- Notes -- Collections, Oral Histories, and Interviews -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Index of Names |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910455009003321 |
Cottrell Robert C. <1950->
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| New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2000 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Roger Nash Baldwin and the American Civil Liberties Union / / Robert C. Cottrell
| Roger Nash Baldwin and the American Civil Liberties Union / / Robert C. Cottrell |
| Autore | Cottrell Robert C. <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 pages) |
| Disciplina | 323/.092 B |
| Collana | Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History |
| Soggetto topico |
Civil rights - United States
Civil rights - United States - History |
| ISBN | 0-231-53403-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Growing Up in Wellesley Hills -- 2. The Inevitable Harvard and Beyond -- 3. The Progressive as Social Worker -- 4. The Civic League -- 5. Early Civil Liberties Career -- 6. The National Civil Liberties Bureau -- 7. The United States v. Roger Baldwin -- 8. Prison Life -- 9. An Unconventional Marriage -- 10. The American Civil Liberties Union -- 11. The ACLU Under Suspicion -- 12. Turning to the Courts -- 13. International Human Rights -- 14. A European Sabbatical -- 15. Free Speech and the Class Struggle -- 16. From the United Front to the Popular Front -- 17. The Home Front -- 18. Controversies on the Path from Fellow Traveling to Anticommunism -- 19. Civil Liberties During World War II -- 20. “Quite a Dysfunctional Family” -- 21. The Cold War, the Shogun, and International Civil Liberties -- 22. A Very Public Retirement in the Age of Anticommunism -- 23. A Man of Contradictions -- 24. Matters of Principle -- 25. The Public Image -- 26. Traveling Hopefully -- Notes -- Collections, Oral Histories, and Interviews -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Index of Names |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910779824803321 |
Cottrell Robert C. <1950->
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| New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2000 | ||
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Roger Nash Baldwin and the American Civil Liberties Union / / Robert C. Cottrell
| Roger Nash Baldwin and the American Civil Liberties Union / / Robert C. Cottrell |
| Autore | Cottrell Robert C. <1950-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2000 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (272 pages) |
| Disciplina | 323/.092 B |
| Collana | Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History |
| Soggetto topico |
Civil rights - United States
Civil rights - United States - History |
| ISBN | 0-231-53403-5 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Growing Up in Wellesley Hills -- 2. The Inevitable Harvard and Beyond -- 3. The Progressive as Social Worker -- 4. The Civic League -- 5. Early Civil Liberties Career -- 6. The National Civil Liberties Bureau -- 7. The United States v. Roger Baldwin -- 8. Prison Life -- 9. An Unconventional Marriage -- 10. The American Civil Liberties Union -- 11. The ACLU Under Suspicion -- 12. Turning to the Courts -- 13. International Human Rights -- 14. A European Sabbatical -- 15. Free Speech and the Class Struggle -- 16. From the United Front to the Popular Front -- 17. The Home Front -- 18. Controversies on the Path from Fellow Traveling to Anticommunism -- 19. Civil Liberties During World War II -- 20. “Quite a Dysfunctional Family” -- 21. The Cold War, the Shogun, and International Civil Liberties -- 22. A Very Public Retirement in the Age of Anticommunism -- 23. A Man of Contradictions -- 24. Matters of Principle -- 25. The Public Image -- 26. Traveling Hopefully -- Notes -- Collections, Oral Histories, and Interviews -- Bibliography -- Subject Index -- Index of Names |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910827472303321 |
Cottrell Robert C. <1950->
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| New York : , : Columbia University Press, , 2000 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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