Baseball History from Outside the Lines

John E. Dreifort is a professor of history at Wichita State University. He enjoys teaching courses on the history of baseball and is the father of a major-league player.

• Contents List of Illustrations Editor's Introduction Part 1: The National Pastime 1. The Base Ball Fraternity Warren Goldstein 2. The Country of the Young: The Meaning of Baseball in Early American Culture Ronald Story 3. Professional Baseball as a Source of Social Mobility, 1871-1919 Steven A. Reiss 4. Baseball and the Reconstitution of American Masculinity, 1880-1920 Michael S. Kimmel 5. Sol White and the Origin of African American Baseball Jerry Malloy Part 2: The Golden Era 6. The Chicago Black Sox and the Myth of Baseball's Single Sin David Q. Voigt 7. Here Comes the Judge! The Origins of Baseball's Commissioner System and American Legal Culture Normal L. Rosenberg 8. The Changing Style of Play: Cobb vs. Ruth Leverett T. Smith Jr. 9. Jim Crow Strikes Out: Interracial Baseball in Wichita, Kansas, 1920-1935 Jason Pendleton 10. The Athlete as Jewish Standard Bearer: Media Images of Hank Greenberg William M. Simons Part 3: The National Game 11. A Spectacular Season: Jackie Robinson Breaks Through Jules Tygiel 12. Playing a Man's Game: Women and Baseball in the United States, 1866-1954 Debra Shattuck 13. The Demise of the Philadelphia Athletics Bruce Kuklick 14. More Legacy of Conquest: Long-Term Ramifications of the Major League Baseball Shift to the West Ron Briley 15. Whatever Happened to the "Good Ol' Days"? The Evolution of Baseball's Labor-Management Relations Daniel R. Marburger Part 4: The International Game 16. Baseball and the Quest for National Dignity in Meiji Japan Donald Roden 17. Canada in the Country of Baseball William Humber 18. Viva Baseball! The Beginnings of Latin American Baseball Samuel O. Regalado Bibliographical Essay Source Acknowledgments Index

"While previous histories by David Q. Voigt and Harold Seymour cover the development of baseball, the essays assembled here stress the game's social and cultural aspects. The essays range from the entry of African Americans, Jews, and other ethnics to labor relations and the movement West of franchises. Of special note are the spread of baseball to Japan, Canada, and Latin America. . . . This book is ideal for academic and large public libraries."—Library Journal "This collection not only provides a substantial sample of the rich body of recent publications in scholarly journals and monographs, but it also helps to fill a large lacuna in baseball literature. It features essays that look in depth at some of baseball's most critical issues. I expect that all serious students of baseball will want to own this volume."—Benjamin G. Rader, author of Baseball: A History of America's Game "The best and most important essays that are based on archival scholarship and critical analysis and are at the same time written in a readable fashion. . . . Dreifort's efforts in compiling this scholarly anthology make a significant contribution to baseball literature in itself. The volume brings together important works, and as Dreifort intended, effectively fulfills a need for supplemental literature for courses in both baseball history and sport history as well s provides enjoyable reading for the casual baseball enthusiast."—Jerry J. Wright, International Jounal of the History of Sport "A rich collection of issues that touch upon baseball and center on American culture during the last century. . . . A solid example of scholarship that centers on baseball as a tool to evaluate American life."—James Lake, Florida Historical Quarterly