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Baseball : a history of America's game /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rader, Benjamin G. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2018]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Series:Sports and society.
Subjects:
Baseball > United States > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The fraternity and its game
  • A commercial spectacle
  • The first professional teams
  • The first professional leagues
  • The players' revolt
  • The great baseball war
  • Baseball's coming of age
  • The big fix
  • The age of Ruth
  • An age of dynasties
  • Baseball's great experiment
  • The last days of the old game
  • Baseball in trouble
  • The empowerment of the players
  • The demise of dynasties
  • The steroid era
  • Baseball's new order.