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Northern Sandlots : a Social History of Maritime Baseball.

Howell has written an informative and insightful social history that examines the transformation of Maritime community life from the 1860s to the late twentieth century.

Détails bibliographiques
Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Howell, Colin
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1995.
Édition:2nd ed.
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • 1 Laying Out the Field: Theoretical Approaches
  • 2 First Innings: Baseball, Cricket, and the Bourgeois Ideal of Healthful Sport
  • 3 New Players: Baseball and Working-Class Culture
  • 4 'Throw 'em Out': Rowdyism, Respectability, and the Yankee Baseballist
  • 5 Gendered Baselines: The Tour of the Chicago Blackstockings
  • 6 A Manly Sport: Baseball and the Social Construction of Masculinity
  • 7 Reforming the Game: Baseball in the Progressive Era
  • 8 Baseball as Civic Accomplishment: Regionalism, Nationalism, and Community Identity
  • 9 The 'Others': Race, Ethnicity, and Community Baseball
  • 10 Extra Innings: The Eclipse of Community Baseball
  • Post-Game Reflections
  • NOTES
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • PHOTO CREDITS.