The age of Ruth and Landis the economics of baseball during the roaring twenties / David George Surdam and Michael J. Haupert.

Author/creator Surdam, David George
Format Electronic
Publication InfoLincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2018.
Descriptionxi, 405 pages ; 24 cm
Supplemental ContentFull text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete
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Contents Machine generated contents note: List of Tables Acknowledgments Introduction 1. Baseball's Interminable Wars 2. The Rise of Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis 3. Baseball's Longstanding Gambling Problem 4. The Financial Side of the Game 5. Getting Fans to the Ballpark 6. Trying to Make the Game More Popular 7. Not a Perfect Game 8. The Stars Are Realigned 9. Competitive Balance and Its Discontents 10. Owners versus Players 11. Highly Paid but Exploited Players 12. Hang On, the Minor Leagues' Bumpy Ride 13. Baseball and Ethnic Diversity 14. Hilldale and the Negro Leagues in the 1920s Epilogue: The Roaring Twenties and Major League Baseball Appendix 1: New York Yankees Financial Records Appendix 2: Salary Data Sources Notes Bibliography Index.
Abstract "Economic history of Major League Baseball during the pivotal 1920s"-- Provided by publisher.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2017044997
ISBN9781496205735 (pdf)
ISBN9780803296824 (hardback)
ISBN9781496205711 (epub)
ISBN9781496205728 (mobi)

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