Northern sandlots : a social history of Maritime baseball /

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Howell, Colin D., 1944-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, 1995.
Series:Social history of Canada.
Subjects:
Baseball > Maritime Provinces > History.
Base-ball > Provinces maritimes > Histoire.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
HISTORY > Canada > General.
Baseball
Manners and customs
Base-ball > Canada > Provinces maritimes > Histoire.
Sports > Aspect social > Canada > Provinces maritimes.
Maritime Provinces > Social life and customs.
Provinces maritimes > Mœurs et coutumes.
Maritime Provinces
Electronic books.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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