Baseball History from Outside the Lines

Baseball History from Outside the Lines
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Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Total Pages : 386
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ISBN-13 : 0803266650
ISBN-10 : 9780803266650
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Book Synopsis Baseball History from Outside the Lines by : John E. Dreifort

Download or read book Baseball History from Outside the Lines written by John E. Dreifort and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays which "describe developments in the game's past, assess their impact, and explain how they reflect the period in which they occurred; ... explore baseball's influences outside the field of play as well as the effect of external factors on the game; ... [and] discuss such key issues as demographics, communities, social mobility, race and ethnicity."--Cover.


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