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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Abner Doubleday and Baseball's Idol of Origins
  • Playing Ball in Cooperstown in the Formative Years of the American Republic
  • Baseball and the Transformation of Rural California
  • Multicultural Ball in the Heyday of Texas Cotton Agriculture
  • The Making of Bob Feller and the Modern American Farmer
  • The Milroy Yankees and the Decline of Southwest Minnesota
  • Gaylord Perry, the Spitter, and Farm Life in Eastern North Carolina
  • Vintage Ball.

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