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Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 1999

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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This is an anthology of 23 papers that were presented at the Eleventh Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held June 9-11, 1999, and co-sponsored by the State University of New York at Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. The papers focus on the antecedents of baseball and the early history of America's national pastime and are divided into five parts: "Baseball and the American Imagination," "Baseball and American Culture," "Baseball and American Society," "Baseball and American Business" and "Baseball and the Fan." The preface is by series editor Alvin L. Hall, and an introduction is provided by the editor of the volume, Peter M. Rutkoff.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2000-06-16
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt513 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieCooperstown Symposium Series
Antal sidor391
FörlagMcFarland & Co Inc
ISBN9780786408320

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Editor Peter M. Rutkoff directs the American Studies program and was the National Endowment for the Humanities distinguished teaching professor of history and American studies, 1997–2000, at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. Alvin L. Hall is director of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania. They are also the editors of The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 1997 (Jackie Robinson) (2000).

Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Preface Introduction PART 1: BASEBALL AND THE AMERICAN IMAGINATIONSolarball: Baseball, America, Time, and the Sun Spirituality and Baseball The Baseball Diamond as American Landscape The 1913 World Series and the Epic Imagination PART 2: BASEBALL AND AMERICAN CULTUREBaseball Short Stories: From Lardner to Asinof to Kinsella Reflections on Baseball and Poetry Baseball and Vaudeville and the Development of Popular Culture in the United StatesBaseball and Country Music As American as Cherry Pie: Baseball and Reflections of Violence in the 1960s and 1970s“Three Strikes and You’re Out”: The Role of Sports Metaphors in Political Discourse Baseball Meets the National Pastime: Baseball and Radio PART 3: BASEBALL AND AMERICAN SOCIETYSlide, Kelly, Slide: The Irish in the Early History of Baseball Baseball and Baseball-Type Games in the Colonial Era, Revolutionary War, and Early American RepublicBaseball as a Symbiosis of Interests: A Survey of Men and Women at Minor League Games in the Midwest Joe DiMaggio and the Ideal of American Masculinity From Bloomer Girls’ Baseball to Women’s Softball: A Cultural Journey Resulting in Women’s Exclusion from Baseball Mixed Singles: The Story of Ella Manley and the Negro Leagues (A Play) PART 4: BASEBALL AND AMERICAN BUSINESSThe Modern Way to Spell Baseball: $Business, $People, $Collecting, the $Sport and $More Stamp Out Smokeless Tobacco and Snuff in Baseball Baseball, Culture, Criminal Justice, and the Academy The Curt Flood Act: Legislative History and Labor Relations Implications PART 5: BASEBALL AND THEThe Fans' Role in Shaping Baseball: A Voice Too Long Silent? Baseball Fans and the Cooperstown Symposium Participants Index

“reprints of scholarly papers covering baseball’s relation to American society, business and its fan base”—USA Today Sports Weekly; “put this on your list of reflective essays worth every minute”—Public Library Quarterly; “ambitious...appealing...each selection provides overall provocative and engaging discussions over a variety of topics of both historical and contemporary importance to the game”—Sociology of Sport Journal.