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Author Luke, Bob, author.

Title The Baltimore Elite Giants : sport and society in the age of Negro League baseball / Bob Luke.

Publication Info. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
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Description 1 online resource (204 pages) : illustrations, map
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 157-184) and index.
Contents Prologue: baseball on a shoestring -- High hopes -- Pennants and jumpers -- War on the home front -- Bending the color bar -- Epilogue: integration, disintegration.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Baltimore Elite Giants (Baseball team) -- History.
Negro leagues -- History.
African American baseball players -- History.
Discrimination in sports -- United States -- History.
Baseball -- Maryland -- Baltimore -- History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Luke, Bob. Baltimore Elite Giants : sport and society in the age of Negro League baseball. Baltimore : The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2009 192 pages ; 21 cm 9780801891168 (OCoLC)ocn232954286
ISBN 9780801891168 (alk. paper)
0801891167 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781421401737 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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