National Pastime: U.S. History Through Baseball by Babicz, Martin C.

National Pastime: U.S. History Through Baseball (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781442235847)

Vendor: Martin C. Babicz
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Format: Hardcover
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National Pastime: U.S. History Through Baseball by Babicz, Martin C.

National Pastime: U.S. History Through Baseball

$45.00
National Pastime: U.S. History Through Baseball by Babicz, Martin C.

National Pastime: U.S. History Through Baseball

$45.00
Format: Hardcover
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From its modest beginnings in rural America to its current status as an entertainment industry in postindustrial America enjoyed worldwide by millions each season, the linkages between baseball's evolution and our nation's history are undeniable. Through war, depression, times of tumultuous upheaval and of great prosperity - baseball has been held up as our national pastime: the single greatest expression of America's values and ideals. Combining a comprehensive history of the game with broader analyses of America's historical and cultural developments, National Pastime encapsulates the values that have allowed it to endure: hope, tradition, escape, revolution. While nostalgia, scandal, malaise and triumph are contained within the study of any American historical moment, we see in this book that the tensions and developments within the game of baseball afford the best window into a deeper understanding of America's past, its purpose, and its principles.

Author: Martin C. Babicz, Thomas W. Zeiler
ISBN-10: 1442235845
ISBN-13: 9781442235847
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Language: English
Published: 10/13/2017
Pages: 292
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 1.00d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 12/04/2017
Choice 08/01/2018
By Martin C. Babicz
By Martin C. Babicz
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Martin C. Babicz teaches history at the University of Colorado Boulder for the Sewall Hall History & Culture Residential Academic Program, the Communications & Society Residential Academic Program, and the History Department. Dr. Babicz teaches several courses on American History including America through Baseball. He is the author of a chapter exploring the historiography of sports and pastimes of the 1920s in A Companion to Warren G. Harding, Calvin Coolidge, and Herbert Hoover (2014).

Thomas W. Zeiler is a professor of history at the University of Colorado at Boulder where he directs the Program in International Affairs. He teaches and researches on U.S. foreign policy, diplomatic history, globalization, World War II, and sports history. Among the courses he teaches is America through Baseball. Dr. Zeiler's books include Ambassadors in Pinstripes: The Spalding World Baseball Tour and the Birth of the American Empire (Rowman & Littlefield).

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