"Breaking the Slump" is the engrossing story of baseball during the 1930s, when the National Pastime came of age as a business, an entertainment, and a passion, and when the teams of the American and
This is a study of a disturbing phenomenon in American society -- the Ku Klux Klan -- and that eruption of nativism, racism and moral authoritarianism during the 1920s in the four states of the Southw
Alexander sees the characteristic feature of the Eisenhower era as an effort to "hold the line"--against Communism, against big government, against intellectual challenge, against disruptive social ch
The 1908 American League pennant race was described as a "a fierce and fluctuating fight." With five games left in the season, each of the league's four westernmost teams still had a shot at the champ
Alexander depicts the eccentric characters that made up the “Miracle” Boston Braves team, which won the World Series in 1914--the only win for the National League between 1909 and 1919--under colorful
In 1910 auto magnate Hugh Chalmers offered an automobile to the baseball player with the highest batting average that season. What followed was a batting race unlike any before or since, between the g
At the dawn of the roaring twenties, baseball was struggling to overcome two of its darkest moments: the death of a player during a Major League game and the revelations of the 1919 Black Sox scandal
At the dawn of the roaring twenties, baseball was struggling to overcome two of its darkest moments: the death of a player during a game and the revelations of the 1919 Black Sox scandal. At this crit
Huang (comparative literature, The Pennsylvania State U.) and Ross (comparative literature, Purdue U.) present a diverse collection of 22 papers conducting readings of the relationships between Shakes
