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Touching Base : Professional Baseball and American Culture in the Progressive Era / Steven A. Riess.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Riess, Steven A., author.
- Series:
- Sport and society (Common Ground Publishing)
- Sport and Society Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Baseball--Social aspects--United States--History--19th century.
- Baseball.
- Baseball--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.
- United States.
- Genre:
- History
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (365 pages)
- Edition:
- Rev. ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Urbana, Illinois : University of Illinois Library, [1999]
- Summary:
- The revised and expanded edition of Touching Base examines the myths, realities, symbols, and rituals of America's national pastime. Steven Riess details the relationships among urban politics, communities, and baseball while exploring how Progressive Era sensibilities shaped debates over issues like Sunday games, ballpark construction, and promotion of the games. Focusing on Atlanta, New York, and Chicago, Riess looks at all the participants--from spectators to owners to players--in analyzing how baseball both influenced and mirrored broader society.
- Contents:
- Take me out to the ball game : the crowd and the ideology of baseball
- Professional baseball and urban politics
- Politics, ballparks, and the neighborhoods
- Professional Sunday baseball and social reform
- Professional baseball as a source of social mobility.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes index.
- ISBN:
- 9780252055324
- 0252055322
- OCLC:
- 1409744464
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