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The forgotten history of African American baseball / Lawrence D. Hogan.
Van Pelt Library GV875.N35 H64 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Hogan, Lawrence D., 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Negro leagues--History.
- Negro leagues.
- History.
- African American baseball players--History.
- African American baseball players.
- Baseball--United States--History.
- Baseball.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xxi, 269 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Barbara, California : Praeger,a n imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC. [2014]
- Summary:
- "This text gives readers the chance to experience the unique character and personalities of the African American game of baseball in the United States, starting from the time of slavery, through the Negro Leagues and integration period, and beyond"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Baseball, and something more besides
- Coming to bat in Sundown baseball
- The beginnings: 19th-century blackball
- The age of great players playing for great independent teams, 1900-1920
- "New Negroes" in the midst of American sport's golden age, 1920-1930
- The "New Negro" as baseball player, 1920-1930
- Hard times for America and for blackball, 1930-1940
- The seasons of change, 1940-1947
- A history that is lost? Stolen? Strayed?, 1947-present.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780313379840
- 031337984X
- OCLC:
- 606787606
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