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 |
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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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Colonial project, national game [[electronic resource] ] : a history of baseball in Taiwan / / Andrew D. Morris
| Colonial project, national game [[electronic resource] ] : a history of baseball in Taiwan / / Andrew D. Morris |
| Autore | Morris Andrew D |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (301 p.) |
| Disciplina | 796.357095124/9 |
| Collana | Asia Pacific modern |
| Soggetto topico |
Baseball - Taiwan - History
Baseball players - Taiwan - History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
asia
austronesian aborigines baseball history baseball chinese nationalist party colonial era colonialism competition cultural history cultural impact east asia easy to read engaging ethnic history government and governing han chinese historical japanese colonialism japanese culture modern history modern taiwan national game pacific political history post war taiwan social history sports history sports taiwan taiwanese politics team sports world war ii |
| ISBN |
1-282-79023-4
9786612790232 0-520-94760-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Map of Taiwan -- Introduction -- 1. Baseball in Japanese Taiwan, 1895-1920s -- 2. Making racial Harmony in Taiwan Baseball, 1931-1945 -- 3. Early Nationalist rule, 1945-1967: "There's no Mandarin in baseball" -- 4. Team of Taiwan, long live the republic of China: Youth Baseball in Taiwan, 1968-1969 -- 5. "Chinese" Baseball and its discontents, 1970s-1980s -- 6. Homu-Ran Batta: Professional Baseball in Taiwan, 1990-Present -- Conclusion: Baseball's Second Century in Taiwan -- Appendix: Taiwanese Professional Baseball Teams and National Origin of Foreign Players -- Notes -- Glossary of Chinese, Japanese, and Taiwanese Terms and Names -- Selected Bibliography -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785220503321 |
Morris Andrew D
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, 2010 | ||
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Diffusion des sports et impérialisme anglo-saxon : De l'histoire événementielle à l'anthropologie / / Sébastien Darbon ; photo, Michel Birot
| Diffusion des sports et impérialisme anglo-saxon : De l'histoire événementielle à l'anthropologie / / Sébastien Darbon ; photo, Michel Birot |
| Autore | Darbon Sébastien |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme, 2008 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (390 p.) |
| Disciplina | 306.483 |
| Soggetto topico |
Sports - Social aspects
Sports - Social aspects - United States Sports - Great Britain - Colonies - History Sports - Social aspects - Great Britain |
| Soggetto non controllato |
soccer
rugby cricket chrétienté musculaire baseball football sport |
| ISBN |
2-7351-1350-7
2-7351-1662-X 2-8218-1684-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | fre |
| Nota di contenuto | ""« Tyndale-Biscoe of Kashmir »"" |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910131947203321 |
Darbon Sébastien
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| Éditions de la Maison des sciences de l’homme, 2008 | ||
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Playing America's game [[electronic resource] ] : baseball, Latinos, and the color line / / Adrian Burgos, Jr
| Playing America's game [[electronic resource] ] : baseball, Latinos, and the color line / / Adrian Burgos, Jr |
| Autore | Burgos Adrian, Jr., <1969-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (385 p.) |
| Disciplina | 796.357 |
| Collana | American crossroads |
| Soggetto topico |
Hispanic American baseball players - History
Baseball - United States - History Racism in sports - United States - History |
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american sports
athletes athletic baseball branch rickey equality hispanic american demographic studies history of baseball history of sports integration of baseball integration jackie robinson latino baseball players latinos minnie minoso orestes minoso organized baseball professional sports race in america racial distinctions racism in america retrospective roberto clemente sammy sosa sports the color line united states of america |
| ISBN |
0-520-94077-6
1-282-77220-1 9786612772207 1-4356-0385-0 1-4337-0881-7 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Introduction: Latinos play America's game -- A national game emerges -- Early maneuvers -- Holding the line -- Baseball should follow the flag -- "Purest bars of Castilian soap" -- Making Cuban stars -- Becoming Cuban senators -- Playing in the world Jim Crow made -- Latinos and baseball's integration -- Troubling the waters -- Latinos and baseball's global turn -- Saying it is So-sa! -- Conclusion: Still playing America's game. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784421103321 |
Burgos Adrian, Jr., <1969->
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| Berkeley, : University of California Press, c2007 | ||
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Sports Materials
| Sports Materials |
| Autore | Allen Thomas |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (166 p.) |
| Soggetto topico | History of engineering and technology |
| Soggetto non controllato |
additive manufacturing
architecture artificial turf auxetic auxetic foam bamboo charcoal yarn baseball bat cannon Charpy clubhead comfort concussion digital image correlation durability EFG method finite element finite element analysis finite element modelling finite elements foam foam protective mats friction functional composite yarns golf helmet impact impact attenuation impact testing indentation injury mechanical properties n/a negative Poisson's ratio polymer protection protective equipment quick-dry yarn rate dependence robot rubber shaft shockpad slope of grain sport sports safety sportswear textiles strain strain propagation strain rate tennis textiles torsion wood |
| ISBN | 3-03928-163-1 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910372781603321 |
Allen Thomas
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| MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020 | ||
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