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When baseball went white : reconstruction, reconciliation, and dreams of a national pastime / Ryan A. Swanson.
Van Pelt Library GV863.A1 S955 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Swanson, Ryan A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball--United States--History--19th century.
- Baseball.
- African American baseball players.
- Social conditions.
- Racism in sports.
- United States.
- History.
- Racism in sports--United States.
- Discrimination in sports--United States.
- Discrimination in sports.
- African American baseball players--United States--Social conditions.
- United States--Race relations.
- Race relations.
- Physical Description:
- xx, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2014]
- Summary:
- "Explains how in the decade following the Civil War, baseball became segregated because its leaders wanted to grow its presence and appeal to Southerners, and wanted to professionalize it. The result was the exclusion of black players that lasted until 1947"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The War's Over, 1865-67
- 1 Washington DC: A Game to Be Governed 3
- 2 Richmond: Make It a Southern Game 21
- 3 Philadelphia: Baseball's Boomtown 42
- Part 2 Sorting Out New Divisions, 1867-69
- 4 Philadelphia: Setting Precedent 69
- 5 Washington DC: Nationalizing Separation 91
- 6 Richmond: Calibrating a Response 113
- Part 3 New Realities Entrenched, the 1870s
- 7 Philadelphia: Permanent Solutions 137
- 8 Richmond: The Final Tally 156
- 9 Washington DC: Professional Separation 171.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780803235212
- 0803235216
- OCLC:
- 871228127
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