The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2002
Edited by
William M.
Simons
Series Editor Alvin L. Hall
ISBN
978-0-7864-1570-0
ISSN 1536-1195
notes, tables, index
379pp.
softcover
2003
Available for immediate shipment
Description
This is an anthology of 24 papers that were presented at the Fourteenth Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, held in June 2002, and co-sponsored by the State University of New York at Oneonta and the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum.
Subsequent to initial presentation, papers were revised and edited for publication. The anthology is divided into five parts: Timebend: Baseball as History; The Business of Baseball; Race: Soul of the Game; Baseball Media: Literature, Journalism, and Cinema; and Baseball Culture: Age, Sexuality, and Religion. Timebend: Baseball as History ruminates on the lingering resonance of the game’s past. The Business of Baseball examines sport from a commercial perspective. Race: Soul of the Game chronicles the African-American experience in baseball. Baseball Media: Literature , Journalism, and Cinema analyzes depictions of the game in the popular arts. Baseball Culture: Age, Sexuality, and Religion explores the social fabric of sport. Each part contains multiple essays related by theme and topic. A guide to the paper follows.
About the Author
William M. Simons is professor of history at the State University of New York-Oneonta. Alvin L. Hall is director of Continuing Education and Summer Sessions at East Stroudsburg University in Pennsylvania.
Other Book(s) by William M. Simons Available from McFarland:
The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2000
The Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, 2001
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