Bibliograph

The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and the American culture, 1997, (Jackie Robinson), edited with an introduction by Peter M. Rutkoff ; series editor, Alvin Hall

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The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and the American culture, 1997, (Jackie Robinson), edited with an introduction by Peter M. Rutkoff ; series editor, Alvin Hall

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and the American culture, 1997

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

44584532

Responsibility statement

edited with an introduction by Peter M. Rutkoff ; series editor, Alvin Hall

Sub title

(Jackie Robinson)

Table Of Contents

Introduction : Jackie Robinson, Baseball, Brooklyn, and beyond / Peter Rutkoff -- Before Robinson: William Clarence Matthews : "The Jackie Robinson of his day" / Karl Lindholm. A story in black and white : baseball and racism in 1938 / Chris Lamb. Something to cheer about : the Negro leagues at the dawn of integration / James E. Overmyer. Jackie Robinson and the American zeitgeist / William Simons -- Robinson and social change: Working in the shadows of Rickey and Robinson : Bill Veeck, Larry Doby and the advancement of black players in baseball / Peggy Beck. Robinson's legacy : black women and negro baseball / Gai Ingham Berlage. Ten years after : the baseball establishment, race, and Jackie Robinson / Ron Briley. Nine principles of successful affirmative action : Branch Rickey, Jackie Robinson, and the integration of baseball / Anthony R. Pratkanis and Marlene E. Turner. Baseball, cricket, and social change : Jackie Robinson and Frank Worrell / Michael Malec and Hillary Beckles -- The legacy of Robinson: The black knight : a political portrait of Jackie Robinson / Steven Wisensale. Jackie Robinson as media's mythological black hero / Doug Battema. The influence of Robinson on the serious baseball novel / Richard F. Peterson. Jackie Robinson and the National Baseball Hall of Fame / David W. Findlay and Clifford E. Reid. The great experiment fifty years later / Jules Tygiel

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