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the bums, the borough, and the best of baseball, 1947-1957
1 online resource (xiv, 202 pages) : illustrations
Carl E. Prince captures the intensity and depth of the baseball team Brooklyn Dodger's relationship to the community and its people in the 1950s. Ethnic and racial tensions in Brooklyn were smoothed by the Dodgers' presence.
Integration: Dodgers' dilemma, Dodgers' response -- Political culture: Reds and Dodger blue -- The Dodgers' male culture: the New York rivalries -- Male culture: owners, chokers and dumb kids -- The baseball culture of Brooklyn's women -- The Dodgers and male bar culture -- The Dodgers and Brooklyn's ethnic isolation -- Kids' ball: the Dodgers and Brooklyn's boys -- The outer edges of Dodger memory.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-192) and index.
New York : Oxford University Press, 1996