Author:
Babicz, Martin C. author.
ImprintLanham, Maryland : Roman & Littlefield, [2017]
Descriptionxii, 277 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Note:Baseball in Tocqueville's America (to 1870) -- The industrialization of leisure (1871 to 1883) -- Color and global barriers (1865 to 1918) -- The American labor movement & the players' league (1884 to 1891) -- Progressivism and the American League (1892 to 1903) -- Normalcy and the Black Sox scandal (1904 to 1922) -- Babe Ruth and the roaring twenties (1920 to 1929) -- Segregation and the Negro leagues (1896 to 1949) -- Baseball and the Great Depression (1929 to 1940) -- Baseball goes to war (1941 to 1945) -- Jackie Robinson and civil rights (1946 to 1987) -- The postwar American century (1945 to 1964) -- Change and revolution (1960 to 1975) -- Baseball in post-industrial America (since 1975) -- A global game (since 1865) -- Epilogue: traditions.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-217) and index.
