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Whose Baseball? expands the boundaries of baseball history by including the experiences of culturally diverse Californians. In doing so, it relates the history of baseball in California to social changes taking place in the Golden State from the Gold Rush to the eve of World War II. This volume demonstrates how baseball has helped to bridge substantial differences between social and cultural groups and at the same time reminds readers of the oppressive power relations buried in the way baseball has been played, organized, and observed in America. Readers interested in baseball history or the history of the state of California will find this an excellent resource.

Whose Baseball?: The National Pastime and Cultural Diversity in California, 1850-1941

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Hardback by Joel S. Franks

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Whose Baseball? expands the boundaries of baseball history by including the experiences of culturally diverse Californians. In doing so, it... Read more

    Publisher: Scarecrow Press
    Publication Date: 09/07/2001
    ISBN13: 9780810839274, 978-0810839274
    ISBN10: 081083927X

    Number of Pages: 360

    Non Fiction , History

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    Whose Baseball? expands the boundaries of baseball history by including the experiences of culturally diverse Californians. In doing so, it relates the history of baseball in California to social changes taking place in the Golden State from the Gold Rush to the eve of World War II. This volume demonstrates how baseball has helped to bridge substantial differences between social and cultural groups and at the same time reminds readers of the oppressive power relations buried in the way baseball has been played, organized, and observed in America. Readers interested in baseball history or the history of the state of California will find this an excellent resource.

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