The National Game Baseball and American

An expert, concise overview of 175 years of baseball, showing how the game has reflected and contributed to changes in American society.

John Rossi teaches history at La Salle University in Philadelphia. Born in that city, he grew up there and studied at La Salle, the University of Notre Dame, and the University of Pennsylvania, where he received a Ph.D. in history.

Preface

vii

Origins of the Game

3

(22)

Baseball as Big Business, 1896-1891

25

(26)

Coming of Age, 1891-1908

51

(24)

The Wars of Baseball, 1909-1918

75

(22)

Golden Age, 1919-1931

97

(24)

Baseball in Depression and War, 1931-1945

121

(26)

No Golden Age: Baseball, 1946-1960

147

(22)

Coming Apart, 1961-1977

169

(22)

Best of Times, Worst of Times, 1978-1994

191

(20)

The Future of the National Game

211

(8)

Notes

219

(8)

A Note on Sources

227

(9)

Index

236

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The National Game Baseball and American Culture

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