Understanding Baseball

A Textbook

By: Trey Strecker, Steven P. Gietschier, Mitchell Nathanson

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Paperback | 24 February 2015

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220 Pages

Age
18+

Grade
13+

Dimensions(cm)
22.86 x 15.24 x 1.27

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The study of baseball history and culture reveals the national game as a contested field where debates about sport, character, work and play, the country and the city, labor, race, and a host of other issues, circulate. Understanding baseball, then, calls for careful consideration of several different perspectives and what each contributes to the conversation.

Intended as a readable textbook for undergraduates (and perhaps advanced high school students) and their instructors, Understanding Baseball is designed to offer insights and inroads into baseball history as a rewarding academic subject worthy of careful scholarly attention. Each chapter introduces a specific disciplinary approach to baseball - in this edition, history, economics, media, law, and fiction - and covers representative questions scholars from that academic field might consider.

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Well written, professional, reliable, excellent bibliographies. It is not surprising that a baseball book described as 'a textbook' should appear under the label of McFarland, whose baseball list is unequaled. This is a useful volume for anyone who wishes to embark on a serious examination of what has developed into a serious academic field. Recommended"-Choice.

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