The Age of Ruth and Landis The Economics of Baseball during the Roaring Twenties / David George Surdam, Michael J. Haupert.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Surdam, David George, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball team owners--United States--Economic conditions--20th century.

Baseball team owners.

Baseball players--United States--Economic conditions--20th century.

Baseball players.

Baseball--Economic aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Baseball.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2018

Place of Publication:

Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2018.

Summary:

"Economic history of Major League Baseball during the pivotal 1920s"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Baseball's Interminable Wars 2. The Rise of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis 3. Baseball's Longstanding Gambling Problem 4. The Financial Side of the Game 5. Getting Fans to the Ballpark 6. Trying to Make the Game More Popular 7. Not a Perfect Game 8. The Stars Are Realigned 9. Competitive Balance and Its Discontents 10. Owners versus Players 11. Highly Paid but Exploited Players 12. Hang On, the Minor Leagues' Bumpy Ride 13. Baseball and Ethnic Diversity 14. Hilldale and the Negro Leagues in the 1920s Epilogue: The Roaring Twenties and Major League Baseball Appendix 1: New York Yankees Financial Records Appendix 2: Salary Data Sources Notes Bibliography Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4962-0571-5

1-4962-0573-1

OCLC:

1033673174