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Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1902-1931: The Negro National and Eastern Colored Leagues (Sports and Entertainment)
Michael Lomax
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Hardcover. Series: Sports and Entertainment. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJG; JFSL3; WSBX; WSJT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 826.
As the companion volume to Black Baseball Entrepreneurs,1860–1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary, Lomax’s new book continues to chronicle the history of black baseball in the United States. The first volume traced the development of baseball from an exercise in community building among African Americans in the pre–Civil War era into a commercialized amusement and a rare and lucrative opportunity for entrepreneurship within the black community. In this book, Lomax takes a closer look at the marketing and promotion of the Negro Leagues by black baseball magnates. He explores how race influenced black baseball’s institutional development and how it shaped ... Read more
As the companion volume to Black Baseball Entrepreneurs,1860–1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary, Lomax’s new book continues to chronicle the history of black baseball in the United States. The first volume traced the development of baseball from an exercise in community building among African Americans in the pre–Civil War era into a commercialized amusement and a rare and lucrative opportunity for entrepreneurship within the black community. In this book, Lomax takes a closer look at the marketing and promotion of the Negro Leagues by black baseball magnates. He explores how race influenced black baseball’s institutional development and how it shaped ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
Series
Sports and Entertainment
Number of Pages
472
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780815633631
SKU
V9780815633631
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Ref
99-99
About Michael Lomax
Michael E. Lomax is associate professor of sport history in the Department of Health and Human Physiology at the University of Iowa, USA. He is the author of Black Baseball Entrepreneurs, 1860–1901: Operating by Any Means Necessary.
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