Baseball Rebels : The Players, People, and Social Movements That Shook Up the Game and Changed America /

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"Baseball Rebels tells stories of reformers and radicals who were influenced by, and in turn influenced, America's broader political and social protest movements, including battles against racism, corporate control, worker exploitation, sexism and homophobia, and American militarism."...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Dreier, Peter, 1948- (Autor), Elias, Robert, 1950- (Autor)
Otros Autores: Zirin, Dave (author of foreword.)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, [2022]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Social justice.
Racism in sports.
Discrimination in sports.
Baseball > Social aspects.
Baseball > Political aspects.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History.
Social justice > United States > History > 20th century.
Social change > United States > History > 20th century.
Racism in sports > United States.
Discrimination in sports > United States.
Baseball > Social aspects > United States.
Baseball > Political aspects > United States.
United States.
History.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Foreword / by Dave Zirin
  • Introduction
  • Part 1. Resisting Racism. Battling Jim Crow. Building Black institutions
  • Before Jackie Robinson
  • Crossing the color line
  • Defending civil rights
  • Part 2. Resisting Sexism and Homophobia. Women in baseball
  • Gay men in baseball
  • Part 3. Today's Activists and an Agenda for Change. Modern-day rebels
  • Baseball justice: An unfinished agenda.

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