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Brooklyn's Dodgers : the bums, the borough, and the best of baseball, 1947-1957 / Carl E. Prince.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Prince, Carl E., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team)--History.
- Brooklyn Dodgers (Baseball team).
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--Social life and customs.
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.).
- Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)--History.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (225 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford University Press 1997
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Carl E. Prince captures the intensity and depth of the baseball team Brooklyn Dodger's relationship to the community and its people in the 1950's. Ethnic and racial tensions in Brooklyn were smoothed by the Dodgers' presence.
- Contents:
- Introduction 1. Integration: Dodgers' Dilemma, Dodgers' Response 2. Political Culture: Reds and Dodger Blue 3. The Dodgers' Male Culture: The New York Rivalries 4. Male Culture: Owners, Chokers, and Dumb Kids 5. The Baseball Culture of Brooklyn's Women 6. The Dodgers and Male Bar Culture 7. The Dodgers and Brooklyn's Ethnic Isolation 8. Kids' Ball: The Dodgers and Brooklyn's Boys 9. The Outer Edges of Dodger Memory Appendices
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-028340-8
- 1-4294-0017-X
- 0-19-802596-3
- 1-280-52958-X
- 0-19-509927-3
- 0-19-535392-7
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