When Baseball Went White: Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Dreams of a National Pastime - Paperback
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Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496219534ISBN-10:1496219538UPC:9781496219534Book Category:Sports & Recreation, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Baseball, United States, DiscriminationBook Topic:History, 19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.8907Product ID:SCPD9SQFK7
When Baseball Went White: Reconstruction, Reconciliation, and Dreams of a National Pastime
The story of Jackie Robinson valiantly breaking baseball's color barrier in 1947 is one most Americans know. But less recognized is the fact that some seventy years earlier, following the Civil War, baseball was tenuously biracial and had the potential for a truly open game. How, then, did the game become so firmly segregated that it required a trailblazer like Robinson? The answer, Ryan A....
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9781496219534ISBN-10:1496219538UPC:9781496219534Book Category:Sports & Recreation, History, Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Baseball, United States, DiscriminationBook Topic:History, 19th CenturySize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.62 inchesWeight:0.8907Product ID:SCPD9SQFK7
Ryan A. Swanson is an associate professor and the director of the Lobo Scholars Program in the Honors College at the University of New Mexico. He is the author of The Strenuous Life: Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of the American Athlete.
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