Ambassadors in pinstripes : the Spalding world baseball tour and the birth of the American empire / Thomas W. Zeiler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zeiler, Thomas W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spalding, A. G. (Albert Goodwill).

Spalding, A. G.

Baseball--United States--History--19th century.

Baseball.

Globalization.

History.

United States.

United States--Foreign economic relations.

International economic relations.

Civilization, Modern--American influences.

Civilization, Modern.

Globalization--History--19th century.

Globalization--History--20th century.

Physical Description:

xiv, 217 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2006]

Summary:

In this lively chronicle of the 1888-1889 Spalding world baseball tour, Thomas Zeiler examines the roots of the post-1898 American empire by analyzing the ways in which the tour drew on elements of globalization to inject American values, and thus, power into the international arena. As Zeiler follows the players on each leg of their journey, he explores important elements of globalization: the business ethic, technological innovation, racial hierarchy, attempts at Americanization abroad, and promotion of an exceptionalist identity.

Contents:

Introduction: baseball, globalization, and empire

Marketing: Albert Spalding's Chicago

Movement: the American West

An empire of race: southern seas

Old and new world cultures: Europe

National identity: return to America

Conclusion: imperial imagination.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-209) and index.

ISBN:

0742551687

0742551695

OCLC:

67405563

Publisher Number:

9780742551688

9780742551695