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A Comparative Anthology of Baseball Around the World

The Many Different Meanings of the Game

Robert B. Edgerton (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

292 Seiten

2006
Edwin Mellen Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7734-5914-4 (ISBN)

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Provides an overview of the origins of baseball in America in the 19th century, building on the bat and ball games in England and earlier elsewhere. This book provides a cultural perspective in which "America's past time" is discussed, and how it became so in the context of issues, such as gender, race, and ethnicity.

This book is an overview of the origins of baseball in America in the 19th century, building on the bat and ball games in England and earlier elsewhere, and its rapid spread around the world from that time until the present. This book provides a cultural perspective in which "America's past time" is discussed, and how it became so in the context of issues, such as gender, race, and ethnicity.

Dr. Edgerton is Professor-in-Residence in Psychiatry and Anthropology at UCLA.

Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. "Baseball's" Beginnings; 2. Baseball in North America; 3. Baseball in Asia; 4. Latin America, South America, and the Caribbean; 5. The Game in Australia, New Zealand, and Oceania; 6. European Baseball; 7. Africa, the Middle East, and Elsewhere; 8. Why Do They Play Baseball?; References; Index.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	150 x 230 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Ballsport
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte
ISBN-10	0-7734-5914-6 / 0773459146
ISBN-13	978-0-7734-5914-4 / 9780773459144
Zustand	Neuware