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Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime during the Civil War
George B. Kirsch
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Description for Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime during the Civil War
Paperback. During the Civil War, Americans from homefront to battlefront played baseball as never before. This work gives us a commentary of the growth and transformation of baseball. It shows that the game was a vital part of the lives of many a soldier and civilian - and that baseball's popularity had everything to do with surging American nationalism. Num Pages: 168 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBTB; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 28.
During the Civil War, Americans from homefront to battlefront played baseball as never before. While soldiers slaughtered each other over the country's fate, players and fans struggled over the form of the national pastime. George Kirsch gives us a color commentary of the growth and transformation of baseball during the Civil War. He shows that the game was a vital part of the lives of many a soldier and civilian--and that baseball's popularity had everything to do with surging American nationalism. By 1860, baseball was poised to emerge as the American sport. Clubs in northeastern and a few southern cities ... Read more
During the Civil War, Americans from homefront to battlefront played baseball as never before. While soldiers slaughtered each other over the country's fate, players and fans struggled over the form of the national pastime. George Kirsch gives us a color commentary of the growth and transformation of baseball during the Civil War. He shows that the game was a vital part of the lives of many a soldier and civilian--and that baseball's popularity had everything to do with surging American nationalism. By 1860, baseball was poised to emerge as the American sport. Clubs in northeastern and a few southern cities ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691130439
SKU
V9780691130439
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About George B. Kirsch
George B. Kirsch is Professor of History at Manhattan College and the author of several books, including "The Creation of American Team Sports". He is the editor of two volumes of "Sports in North America: A Documentary History" and the general editor of the "Encyclopedia of Ethnicity and Sports in the United States".
Reviews for Baseball in Blue and Gray: The National Pastime during the Civil War
"Kirsch examines the emerging organizational sophistication of urban and collegiate baseball on the home front, and he sketches out the social and racial contours of what was already often seen as the national game... A careful scholar, he savors using evidence to demolish myth."
Choice "The book is a pleasure to read, and deserves numerous votes for the current literary All-Star ... Read more
Choice "The book is a pleasure to read, and deserves numerous votes for the current literary All-Star ... Read more