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When Baseball Met Big Bill Haywood: The Battle for Manchester, New Hampshire, 1912-1916

When Baseball Met Big Bill Haywood: The Battle for Manchester, New Hampshire, 1912-1916 - Paperback

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Availability:In StockContributor:Scott C. Roper, Stephanie Abbot RoperAudience:Young AdultPublish date:2017-12-21Pages:252
Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9781476665467ISBN-10:147666546XUPC:9781476665467Book Category:Sports & Recreation, HistoryBook Subcategory:BaseballBook Topic:HistorySize:8.70 x 5.80 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SC5YEFRG82

In the early 20th century, immigration, labor unrest, social reforms and government regulations threatened the power of the country's largest employers. The Amoskeag Manufacturing Company of Manchester, New Hampshire, remained successful by controlling its workforce, the local media, and local and state government. When a 1912 strike in nearby Lawrence, Massachusetts, threatened to bring the Industrial Workers of the World union to Manchester, the company sought to reassert its influence. Amoskeag worked to promote company pride and to Americanize its many foreign-born workers through benevolence programs, including a baseball club.

Textile Field, the most advanced stadium in New England outside of Boston when it was built in 1913, was the centerpiece of this effort. Results were mixed--the company found itself at odds with social movements and new media outlets, and Textile Field became a magnet for conflict with all of professional baseball.

Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland & CompanyISBN-13:9781476665467ISBN-10:147666546XUPC:9781476665467Book Category:Sports & Recreation, HistoryBook Subcategory:BaseballBook Topic:HistorySize:8.70 x 5.80 x 0.60 inchesWeight:0.4012Product ID:SC5YEFRG82
Scott C. Roper is a professor of geography at Castleton University. He specializes in North American cultural, historical, and ethnic geography and material-culture studies. Stephanie Abbot Roper is a senior instructor at Rivier University and an adjunct professor at Nashua Community College, where she teaches a variety of courses in U.S. history and cultural geography.
Publisher: McFarland & Company

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