During the period from the end of World War II to the first expansion of the game of baseball in 1961, the sport underwent a series of transformative changes. From 1949 to 1954, major league baseball attendance dropped more than 30 per cent, as once fiercely loyal fans turned to other leisure activities, started going to see more football, and began watching more television. In addition, the sport had to wrestle with the issues of racial integration, franchise shifts and unionization, while trying to keep a firm hold on the minds and emotions of the American public.
During the period from the end of World War II to the first expansion of the game of baseball in 1961, the sport underwent a series of transformative ...
In 1964, thousands of Philadelphia baseball fans were caught up in the Phillies? unexpected run at the National League pennant. Nearly a decade of continuous defeat had earned them little more than the reputation for an unprecedented record of consecutive losses. But in that ?64 season the Phillies shocked the baseball world, taking over the National League in mid?July and holding on to first place for 73 consecutive days. And then, as the team's first pennant in a generation seemed within reach, the Phillies collapsed in the greatest meltdown in baseball history. This account traces the rise...
In 1964, thousands of Philadelphia baseball fans were caught up in the Phillies? unexpected run at the National League pennant. Nearly a decade of con...
As a part of popular culture, sport has made a deep impression in American life. And nowhere is this clearer than in baseball, the game that seems to transcend generations and has made its way into our language and literature. In The National Game, John Rossi offers not only an expert overview of baseball over the past 175 years; he shows how the game has reflected and contributed to changes in American society over that time. The country grew up playing baseball, Mr. Rossi notes, but the professional game took hold in the cities of the Northeast just as the nation was transforming itself...
As a part of popular culture, sport has made a deep impression in American life. And nowhere is this clearer than in baseball, the game that seems to ...
This classic volume tells the story of nationalism, the fusion of patriotism with ethnic consciousness. It documents the emergence of nationalism in the modern world and the way that nationalism has become a substitute for religion over the past two centuries. Nationalism, for Hayes, draws its power from cultural and social factors, primarily language. Second to language are historical forces that stem from an accumulation of a people's remembered or imagined experiences.
Hayes bases his observations on historic European examples. He sees nationalism as a religion, reacting against...
This classic volume tells the story of nationalism, the fusion of patriotism with ethnic consciousness. It documents the emergence of nationalism i...
This book provides a general history of baseball that connects developments in the sport with key themes in American history. Following each chapter are important readings that illustrate and document these connections and discussion questions that can be used in the classroom.
This book provides a general history of baseball that connects developments in the sport with key themes in American history. Following each chapter a...
This book provides a general history of baseball that connects developments in the sport with key themes in American history. Following each chapter are important readings that illustrate and document these connections and discussion questions that can be used in the classroom.
This book provides a general history of baseball that connects developments in the sport with key themes in American history. Following each chapter a...
