{"product_id":"negro-league-baseball-9780812220278","title":"Negro League Baseball","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe story of black professional baseball provides a remarkable perspective on several major themes in modern African American history: the initial black response to segregation, the struggle to establish successful separate enterprises, and the movement toward integration. This book presents the history of a great African American achievement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Lanctot takes us beyond the ball field where the Paiges and Gibsons played in forced segregation, and into the commercial and social realities of baseball in black communities. . . . Lanctot offers a rich array of facts that history lovers can feast on.\" * \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"A fact-filled and thought-provoking book that should be of interest and use to scholars and lay readers interested in sports history, business history, and African American history.\" * \u003ci\u003eEnterprise and Society\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"A meticulously researched history that explores the economics, strengths, shortcomings, and legacy of the Negro Leagues.\" * \u003ci\u003ePittsburgh Post-Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Without nostalgia, Lanctot offers a careful and balanced judgment on the Negro leagues, one that is likely to stand for some time.\" * \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"Neil Lanctot has accomplished something I long thought impossible. He has produced an overview of the institution of black baseball as a business. . . . I doubt that there is a better researched and more exhaustive history of the Negro Leagues out there.\" * Rob Ruck, author of \u003ci\u003eSandlot Seasons: Sport in Black Pittsburgh\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\"This is a superb historical analysis of the Negro Leagues. . . . Lanctot provides, in my opinion, the most detailed and sophisticated examination of black baseball ever written.\" * David K. Wiggins, author of \u003ci\u003eGlory Bound: Black Athletes in White America\u003c\/i\u003e *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e PART I. SEPARATE BUT EQUAL?\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 1. A Fragile Industry and a Struggling Community.\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 2. External Threats and Internal Dissension\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 3. Growing Pains\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 4. A New Beginning\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 5. An Industry Transformed\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 6. Life Inside a Changing Industry\u003cbr\u003e PART II. INTEGRATION\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 7. On the Outside Looking In\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 8. Breakthrough and Setback\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 9. Integration and the Changing Postwar World\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 10. \"The Golden Era Has Passed\"\u003cbr\u003e Chapter 11. The End of a Business\u003cbr\u003e List of Abbreviations\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405696704855,"sku":"9780812220278","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812220278.jpg?v=1730493312","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/negro-league-baseball-9780812220278","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}