The postwar Yankees baseball's golden age revisited / David G. Surdam.

Author/creator Surdam, David G.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLincoln : University of Nebraska Press,
Descriptionix, 425 p. ; 24 cm.
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Contents Introduction : what golden age? -- Those Damn Yankees : dominance and submission in the American League -- Player movement and building the Yankees : leaving soon from a (small) city near you -- The game on the ledger : doldrums amid prosperity -- Changing demographics, suburbia, and leisure patterns : why did baseball attendance fall? -- Television and baseball : the new technology, friend or foe? -- Where is Robin Hood when you need him? : revenue sharing in the American League -- Isn't anybody going to help that game? : baseball attempts to rejuvenate its popularity -- The major league cartel : keeping out the interlopers -- The sixteen-headed hydra : the cartel faces the enmity within -- The Yankees' dynasty : did success spoil the team and its fans? -- Epilogue : what if the golden age ended and nobody cared?
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. [403]-409) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2008012923
ISBN9780803217898 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0803217897 (cloth : alk. paper)

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