Baseball's power shift : how the players union, the fans, and the media changed American sports culture /

Show other versions (2)

"Chronicles the media and public's prominent role in baseball's union movements between 1885 and 1981"--

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Swanson, Krister (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Major League Baseball Players Association > History.
Major League Baseball Players Association
Baseball players > Labor unions > United States > History.
Collective bargaining > Baseball > United States.
Baseball > Economic aspects > United States.
Baseball > United States > History.
Baseball > Social aspects > United States.
Mass media and sports > United States.
Joueurs de base-ball > Syndicats > États-Unis > Histoire.
Base-ball > Aspect économique > États-Unis.
Base-ball > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Médias et sports > États-Unis.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Baseball > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Business Aspects.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Labor.
GAMES > Gambling > Sports.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Essays.
SPORTS & RECREATION > History.
SPORTS & RECREATION > Reference.
TRAVEL > Special Interest > Sports.
Baseball
Baseball > Economic aspects
Baseball players > Labor unions
Baseball > Social aspects
Collective bargaining > Baseball
Mass media and sports
United States
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • The magnates, "their boys," and the birth of a pastime
  • Monopoly and trade war
  • 1946, a year of postwar tumult
  • The birth of the MLBPA
  • The players grow a backbone
  • Magnates' worst fears confirmed
  • "Strike" gets a whole new meaning
  • Freedom at last?

Similar Items