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Black baseball, black business : race enterprise and the fate of the segregated dollar / Roberta J. Newman and Joel Nathan Rosen.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Newman, Roberta J.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Negro leagues--Economic aspects.
- Negro leagues.
- Business enterprises, Black--History--20th century.
- Business enterprises, Black.
- Discrimination in sports--United States--History--20th century.
- Discrimination in sports.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Jackson, Mississippi : University Press of Mississippi, 2014.
- Summary:
- An extraordinary history of the negro leagues and the economic disruptions of desegregating a sport
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Heading Downtown; Rediscovering a Total Institution; 1 Black Business and Consciousness in Context; 2 Capitalizing Black Baseball and the African American Economic Ecosystem, 1914-1929; 3 The Depression, Black Business, and Black Baseball Revisited, 1930-1939; 4 The Second Wave and the Business of Black Baseball, 1939-1946; 5 Desegregating Baseball and Its Economic Implications, 1946-1948; 6 Black Baseball's Post-Robinson Challenge, 1949-1963; Postscript: What Has the Promise Wrought?; Acknowledgments; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M
- NO; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-62674-008-9
- OCLC:
- 856518456
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