{"product_id":"the-culture-and-ethnicity-of-jerrold-i-casway-9780786498901","title":"The Culture and Ethnicity of Nineteenth Century Baseball","description":"\u003cp\u003e Evolving in an urban landscape, professional baseball attracted a dedicated fan base among the inhabitants of major cities, including ethnic and racial minorities, for whom the game was a vehicle for assimilation. But to what extent were these groups welcomed within the world of baseball, and what effect did their integration--or, as in the case of African Americans, their ultimate inability to integrate--have on the culture of a pastime that had recently become a national obsession? How did their mutual striving for acceptance affect relations between these minorities? (In deep and long-lasting ways, as it turns out.)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This book provides a carefully considered portrait of baseball as both a sporting profession--one with quick-changing rules and roles--and as an institution that reinforced popular ideas about cultural identity, masculinity and American exceptionalism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerrold I. Casway\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0786498900\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780786498901\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e McFarland \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/15\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2017","brand":"Jerrold I. Casway","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47202164310271,"sku":"9780786498901","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_3b1800b4-48cf-4b35-b277-9ec6d0de7346.jpg?v=1756819816","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-culture-and-ethnicity-of-jerrold-i-casway-9780786498901","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}