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Author Swanson, Ryan A.

Title When baseball went white : reconstruction, reconciliation, and dreams of a national pastime / Ryan A. Swanson.

Publication Info. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2014.
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Description 1 online resource
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Physical Medium polychrome
Summary "Explains how in the decade following the Civil War, baseball became segregated because its leaders wanted to grow its presence and appeal to Southerners, and wanted to professionalize it. The result was the exclusion of black players that lasted until 1947"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents List of illustrations -- Introduction -- Prominent players and clubs -- The war's over, 1865-67. Washington DC : A game to be governed ; Richamond : make it a southern game ; Philadelphia : baseball's boomtown -- Sorting our new divisions, 1867-69. Philadelphia : setting precedent ; Washington DC : nationalizing deparation ; Richmond : calibrating a response -- New realities entrenched, the 1870s. Philadelphia : permanent solutions ; Richmond : the final tally ; Washington DC : professional separation.
Local Note eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America
Language English.
Subject Baseball -- United States -- History -- 19th century.
Baseball.
United States.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Racism in sports -- United States.
Racism in sports.
Discrimination in sports -- United States.
Discrimination in sports.
African American baseball players -- United States -- Social conditions.
African American baseball players.
Social conditions.
United States -- Race relations.
Race relations.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Swanson, Ryan A. When baseball went white 9780803235212 (DLC) 2013046027 (OCoLC)871228127
ISBN 9780803255173 (electronic book)
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