The Farmers' Game : Baseball in Rural America /

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The author examines the history and character of baseball through a series of essay-vignettes. He presents the sport as essentially rural, reflecting the nature of farm and small-town life. This book does not deny or devalue the lively stickball games played in the streets of Brooklyn, but highlight...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Vaught, David, 1958-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2013.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Rural conditions.
Farm life.
Country life.
Baseball > Social aspects.
Baseball.
Vie à la ferme > États-Unis > Histoire.
Base-ball > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Farm life > United States > History.
Country life > United States > History.
Baseball > Social aspects > United States.
Baseball > United States > History.
United States.
United States > Rural conditions.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:The author examines the history and character of baseball through a series of essay-vignettes. He presents the sport as essentially rural, reflecting the nature of farm and small-town life. This book does not deny or devalue the lively stickball games played in the streets of Brooklyn, but highlights the history of the game in the rural United States as related and mutually revealing.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (232 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781421408330

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