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Black baseball entrepreneurs, 1860-1901 : operating by any means necessary Michael E. Lomax
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Closed Stacks GV 863 .A1 L65 2003
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lomax, Michael E.
- Series:
- Sports and entertainment
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American baseball team owners--History--19th century.
- African American baseball team owners.
- Baseball--United States--History--19th century.
- Baseball.
- African American business enterprises--History--19th century.
- African American business enterprises.
- Entrepreneurship--United States--History--19th century.
- Entrepreneurship.
- Physical Description:
- xxvi, 222 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Syracuse, N.Y. : Syracuse University Press, 2003.
- Contents:
- Entrepreneurship and the rise of Black baseball
- From social organization to commercial enterprise
- The birth of a commercial enterprise
- Windows of opportunity and mounting obstacles, 1887
- A new frontier and new challenges, 1888-1889
- The war over players, 1890-1891
- The lean years, 1892-1895
- The search for a colored champion
- Rivalries, a new frontier, and reorganization.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-217) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0815629702 (cl. : alk. paper)
- 9780815629702 (cl. : alk. paper)
- 0815607865 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780815607861 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 0815629966 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- 9780815629962 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- OCLC:
- 51116976
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