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Baseball : A History of America's Game /
In this fourth edition, Benjamin G. Rader updates the text with a portrait of baseball's new order. He charts an on-the-field game transformed by analytics, an influx of Latino and Asian players, and a generation of players groomed for brute power both on the mound and at the plate. He also ana...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Urbana :
The University of Illinois Press,
[2018]
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| Edición: | Fourth Edition. |
| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 250 | |a Fourth Edition. | ||
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| 264 | 3 | |a Baltimore, Md. : |b Project MUSE, |c 2019 | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©[2018] | |
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| 490 | 0 | |a Sport and society | |
| 500 | |a Previous edition: 2008. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction -- The fraternity and its game -- A commercial spectacle -- The first professional teams -- The first professional leagues -- The players' revolt -- The great baseball war -- Baseball's coming of age -- The big fix -- The age of Ruth -- An age of dynasties -- Baseball's great experiment -- The last days of the old game -- Baseball in trouble -- The empowerment of the players -- The demise of dynasties -- The steroid era -- Baseball's new order. | |
| 520 | |a In this fourth edition, Benjamin G. Rader updates the text with a portrait of baseball's new order. He charts an on-the-field game transformed by analytics, an influx of Latino and Asian players, and a generation of players groomed for brute power both on the mound and at the plate. He also analyzes the behind-the-scenes revolution that brought in billions of dollars from a synergy of marketing and branding prowess, visionary media development, and fan-friendly ballparks abuzz with nonstop entertainment. The result is an entertaining and comprehensive tour of a game that, whatever its changes, always reflects American society and culture. | ||
| 588 | |a Description based on print version record. | ||
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| 650 | 7 | |a TRAVEL |x Special Interest |x Sports. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SPORTS & RECREATION |x Reference. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SPORTS & RECREATION |x History. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SPORTS & RECREATION |x Essays. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a SPORTS & RECREATION |x Business Aspects. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 7 | |a GAMES |x Gambling |x Sports. |2 bisacsh | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Baseball |z United States |x History. | |
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| 945 | |a Project MUSE - Custom Collection | ||
| 945 | |a Project MUSE - 2019 Complete | ||
| 945 | |a Project MUSE - 2019 History | ||