Isbn: 9780691034881 - creating the national pastime: baseball transforms itself, 1903-1953 (20 resultados)

Condición: Good. A sound copy with only light wear. Overall a solid copy at a great price.

Hardback. Condición: Good. This work explores the progession of baseball to an almost mythical status as an idyllic game. In the period between 1903 and 1953 baseball was transformed into the national pastime of the USA, and the book examines the way in which the sport was run, putting it into a socio-economic context.…

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Condición: Good. Former library copy. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Hardback. Condición: Good. This work explores the progession of baseball to an almost mythical status as an idyllic game. In the period between 1903 and 1953 baseball was transformed into the national pastime of the USA, and the book examines the way in which the sport was run, putting it into a socio-economic context.…

Hardcover. Condición: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. No Jacket. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Good. Minor corner bumping. Mild edge wear to the dust jacket. Otherwise a clean, unmarked copy.

hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Connecting readers with great books since 1972! Used books may not include companion materials, and may have some shelf wear or limited writing. We ship orders daily and Customer Service is our top priority.

hardcover. Condición: Fine copy in fine dust jacket. 1st. 8vo, 368 pp. Illus. with photos (ilustrador).

hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. First Edition. 6 1/2 x 9 1/2", 368 pages. White recasts our appreciation of modern baseball, combining a scholar's exactness, a fan's zeal, and an insider's vast knowledge of the sport.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Exlibrary with usual library markings.; 368 pages.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. First Edition. (1996) 370 pp. Original blue cloth covers, lightly soiled. Spine ends a bit bumped. DJ lightly soiled w/ modest edge wear. Faint dampstain to top edge of front panel. Illust. w/ b/w photos. Contents nice.

Hardcover. Condición: Like New. Like New. First Edition. First Edition, First Printing. Published by Princeton University Press, 1996. Octavo. Book is like new. Dust jacket is like new. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.…

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Hardcover. Condición: Very good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: very good. Stated First Printing. xiii, [1], 368, [2] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. G. Edward White joined the Virginia law faculty in 1972 after a clerkship with Chief Justice Earl Warren of the Supreme Court of the United States. He was appointed John B. Minor Professor of Law and History in 1987, and held that chair until 2003, when he became David and Mary Harrison Distinguished Professor of Law. In 1992, he was appointed to a University Professorship, which he held until 2003. He has been a Guggenheim Fellow, and twice a senior fellow of the National Endowment for the Humanities. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, a fellow of the Society of American Historians, and a member of the American Law Institute. He received the Roger and Madeleine Traynor Faculty Achievement Award in 2008. White's 17 published books have won numerous honors and awards. These include the Silver Gavel Award from the American Bar Association, the James Willard Hurst Prize from the Law & Society Association, the Littleton-Griswold Prize from the American Historical Association, the Scribes Award and the Association of American Law Schools' Triennial Coif Award. White was editor of the Studies in Legal History series for the American Society for Legal History and the University of North Carolina Press from 1980-85. He served on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Legal History from 1977-79, and on the Board of Editors of the Virginia Quarterly Review from 1980-2002. White's 1996 book, Creating the National Pastime: Baseball Transforms Itself, 1903-1953, reflects his life-long participation and interest in athletics. G. Edward White shows how seemingly irrational business decisions, inspired in part by the self-interest of the owners, transformed baseball into the national pastime. It started out as an urban sport. White describes its progression to an almost mythic status as an idyllic game, popular among people of all ages and classes. He then recounts the owner's efforts to preserve this image. According to White, nostalgic themes, guided owners toward practices that appear unfair to players and detrimental to the progress of the game. Reserve clauses, and limiting franchise territories were meant to keep a consistent roster of players on a team, build fan loyalty, and maintain the game's local flavor. Owners vigorously fought innovations, ranging from the night games and radio broadcasts to the inclusion of Negro players. White's story of baseball is intertwined with changes in business and with changing attitudes toward race. Derived from a Kirkus review: An astute examination of how baseball emerged as the national pastime by fostering a pastoral mythology that remained unchallenged until the early 1950s. White (Law and History/Univ. of Virginia; Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1993) argues that ``baseball's past history was far more complex, and far less heroic, than romanticized treatments of the game might suggest.'' Hardly news, but as he so meticulously demonstrates, while baseball promoted its ``anachronistic dimensions'' as a rural, fresh-air sport played by apple-cheeked youths, it was able to do so, in part, by violating anti-trust laws, by implementing such unfair labor practices as the reserve clause, and by restricting its talent pool according to race. The struggle to maintain the myth began to fail in the postwar era. Owners followed the demographic shift westward, thus dashing nostalgic hometown ties for fans of teams like the Brooklyn Dodgers and New York Giants. At about the same time, the weakening of the reserve clause, the ``new labor relations atmosphere,'' and the integration of the game forced baseball to surrender the ``special qualities'' that had allowed it to appear untouched by time. The author's delineation of the business aspects of the game are a bit dry and too involved, but things liven up when he looks at the gambling and cheating that were a part of the game early in the. Andy Jurinko (Jacket Illustration) (ilustrador).…

Hardcover. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. First Edition. Large, sturdy book, quality dark blue cloth, bright red lettering and silver design on spine, 368 pages, small photographs throughout. DJ glossy in blue, red and white beneath mylar, a color photo of stadium baseball field at bottom front, praise on back. DJ and book, both As New.…

Hardcover. Condición: New. .SEALED.NEW in SHRINK wrap.top partially torn on top right.

hardcover. Condición: New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title.