Description
An account of the birth of black baseball and its dramatic passage from grass-roots venture to commercial enterprise. It assesses the impact of urbanization and migration, and applauds those innovators who forged black baseball into a parallel club that also appealed to whites.
Author: Michael E. Lomax
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 04/01/2003
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.90w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9780815607861
ISBN10: 0815607865
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Baseball | History
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
Author: Michael E. Lomax
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
Published: 04/01/2003
Pages: 272
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.77lbs
Size: 8.18h x 5.90w x 0.69d
ISBN13: 9780815607861
ISBN10: 0815607865
BISAC Categories:
- Sports & Recreation | Baseball | History
- Social Science | Ethnic Studies | American | African American & Black Studies
About the Author
Michael E. Lomax is associate professor of sport history in the Department of Health and Human Physiology at the University of Iowa. He is the author of Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1902-1931: The Negro National and Eastern Colored Leagues.