Description
Book SynopsisIlluminates significant events and issues in the history of baseball.
Trade Review"Especially useful. . . . is a review of 'Baseball History in the 1980s,' which provides an excellent guide to the baseball literature of that decade."—
The Virginia Quarterly Review"Compelling. . . . A splendid job"—Mark Brazaitis,
AethlonTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part 1. Reflections on Jackie Robinson; 1. Introduction to The Jackie Robinson Reader (1997); 2. The Court-Martial of Jackie Robinson (1984); 3. Jackie Robinson's Signing: The Untold Story (1988); 4. Afterword to Baseball's Great Experiment (1997); Part 2. Reflections on Race and Baseball; 5. Black Ball: The Jim Crow Years (1989, 2001); 6. Unreconciled Strivings: Baseball in Jim Crow America (2); 7. Introduction to It's Good to Be Alive (1995); 8. Black Ball: The Integrated Game (1989, 2001); Part 3. Reflections on Baseball History; 9. Playing by the Book: Baseball History in the 1980s (1986); 10. Sports from a Sofa (1985); 11. Ken Burns Meets Jackie Robinson (1996); 12. The Polo Grounds (2); 13. Salaries Are Escalating, but They Don't Guarantee Winning (2); Acknowledgments
