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- Goldstein, Warren.
- Twentieth anniversary edition. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ©2009.
- Description
- Book — 1 online resource (xxv, 184 pages)
- Summary
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- Prologue Histories of the Game A Note on Method Origins
- Part I: The Culture of Organized Baseball, 1857-1866
- 1. The Base Ball Fraternity Rites of Play "Hard Work and Victory" Players and Workers Cultural Antecedents
- 2. Excitement and Self-control Dangerous Excitement Agents of Control: Rules, Umpires, and Women The Problem of Competition
- 3. The "Manly Pastime" Men and Boys The Fly Rule Ethics of the Game: Reform vs. Custom Fruits of Reform: "Ambitious Rivalries and Selfish Victories"
- Part II: Amateurs into Professionals, 1866-1876
- 4. Growth, Division, and "Disorder" The Coming of the "Good Old Days" Growth and Fragmentation Cultural Conflict and Division
- 5. "Revolving" and Professionalism The Decline of the National Association Baseball Capital and Baseball Labor
- 6. The National Game Home and Away The Birth of the Cincinnati Red Stockings Uniform Identities Management, Triumph, and Defeat: The Red Stockings of 1869 and 1870
- 7. Amateurs in Rebellion The Amateurist Critique of Professional Baseball "Restoring" the Pastime
- 8. Professional Leagues and the Baseball Workplace "Baseball Is Business Now" The Origins of Baseball Statistics The National League
- Epilogue: Playing for Keeps
- Notes Selected Bibliography Index.
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- Goldstein, Warren.
- Twentieth anniversary edition. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, ©2009.
- Description
- Book — 1 online resource (xxv, 184 pages)
- Summary
-
- Prologue Histories of the Game A Note on Method Origins
- Part I: The Culture of Organized Baseball, 1857-1866
- 1. The Base Ball Fraternity Rites of Play "Hard Work and Victory" Players and Workers Cultural Antecedents
- 2. Excitement and Self-control Dangerous Excitement Agents of Control: Rules, Umpires, and Women The Problem of Competition
- 3. The "Manly Pastime" Men and Boys The Fly Rule Ethics of the Game: Reform vs. Custom Fruits of Reform: "Ambitious Rivalries and Selfish Victories"
- Part II: Amateurs into Professionals, 1866-1876
- 4. Growth, Division, and "Disorder" The Coming of the "Good Old Days" Growth and Fragmentation Cultural Conflict and Division
- 5. "Revolving" and Professionalism The Decline of the National Association Baseball Capital and Baseball Labor
- 6. The National Game Home and Away The Birth of the Cincinnati Red Stockings Uniform Identities Management, Triumph, and Defeat: The Red Stockings of 1869 and 1870
- 7. Amateurs in Rebellion The Amateurist Critique of Professional Baseball "Restoring" the Pastime
- 8. Professional Leagues and the Baseball Workplace "Baseball Is Business Now" The Origins of Baseball Statistics The National League
- Epilogue: Playing for Keeps
- Notes Selected Bibliography Index.
- (source: Nielsen Book Data)
(source: Nielsen Book Data)
- Gorn, Elliott J., 1951-
- Updated edition. - Ithaca : Cornell University Press, [2010]
- Description
- Book — 1 online resource
- Summary
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- Prologue: The English Prize Ring
- 1. Hats in the Ring "The Tremendous Man of Colour" First Blood Professors of Pugilism Ideology and the Ring
- 2. The First American Champions The Rise of "Yankee" Sullivan The Battle of Hastings "The Great $10,000 Match between Sullivan and Hyer"
- 3. The Age of Heroes "The Good Time Coming" The Era of John Morrissey The Fate of Champions
- 4. The Meanings of Prize Fighting Working-Class Culture in Antebellum Cities Meaning in Mayhem The Rites of Violence
- 5. Triumph and Decline "The Great Contest for the Championship of the World" Civil Wars ". . . The Gangs Who Rage and Howl at the Ropes"
- 6. "Fight Like a Gentleman, You Son of a Bitch, If You Can" The Rise of Sports The Strenuous Life Fighting Clerks, Boxing Brahmins, Vigorous Victorians
- 7. The End of the Bare-Knuckle Era "My Name's John L. Sullivan and I Can Lick Any Son-of-a-Bitch Alive" The New Order ". . . Nigh New Orleans upon an Emerald Plain . . ." "The Champion of All Champions"
- Epilogue: The Manly Art Afterword to the Updated Edition
- Notes Selected Bibliography Index.
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4. When baseball went white : reconstruction, reconciliation, and dreams of a national pastime [2014]
- Swanson, Ryan A.
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2014.
- Description
- Book — 1 online resource Digital: data file.
- Summary
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- List of IllustrationsIntroductionProminent Players and Clubs
- Part 1. The War's Over, 1865-671. Washington DC: A Game to Be Governed2. Richmond: Make It a Southern Game3. Philadelphia: Baseball's Boomtown
- Part 2. Sorting Out New Divisions, 1867-694. Philadelphia: Setting Precedent5. Washington DC: Nationalizing Separation6. Richmond: Calibrating a Response
- Part 3. New Realities Entrenched, the 1870s7. Philadelphia: Permanent Solutions8. Richmond: The Final Tally9. Washington DC: Professional SeparationEpilogueAcknowledgmentsNotesBibliographyIndex.
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(source: Nielsen Book Data)
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