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Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era (Sport and Society) - Softcover

Riess, Steven A.

 
9780252067754: Touching Base: Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era (Sport and Society)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0252067754 ISBN 13: 9780252067754
Verlag: University of Illinois Press, 1999

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The revised and expanded edition of Touching Base examines the myths, realities, symbols, and rituals of America's national pastime. Steven Riess details the relationships among urban politics, communities, and baseball while exploring how Progressive Era sensibilities shaped debates over issues like Sunday games, ballpark construction, and promotion of the games. Focusing on Atlanta, New York, and Chicago, Riess looks at all the participants--from spectators to owners to players--in analyzing how baseball both influenced and mirrored broader society.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Steven A. Riess is the former Bernard Brommel Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of History at Northeastern Illinois University. His books include City Games: The Evolution of American Urban Society and the Rise of Sports and The Sport of Kings and the Kings of Crime: Horse Racing, Politics, and Organized Crime in New York 1865-1913.

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Now revised and expanded, Touching Base examines the myths as well as the realities, symbols, and rituals of "America's favorite pastime". Steven Riess details the relationships among urban politics, communities, and baseball, exploring how debates over issues such as Sunday games, ballpark construction, and the promotion of the game were shaped by Progressive Era sensibilities. Focusing on Atlanta, New York, and Chicago, Riess analyzes the spectators, owners, and players to evaluate how baseball both influenced and mirrored broader society.

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Verlag
University of Illinois Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1999
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0252067754
ISBN 13 
9780252067754
Einband
Taschenbuch
Auflage
2
Anzahl der Seiten
328
Kontakt zum Hersteller
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk

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4831 GR
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