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Author Surdam, David George, author.

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

Publication Info. Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, [2018]
2018

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Description 1 online resource (420 pages)
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
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.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Baseball -- Economic aspects -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
Baseball players -- United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
Baseball team owners -- United States -- Economic conditions -- 20th century.
SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Haupert, Michael J., author.
Other Form: Print version: Surdam, David George. Age of Ruth and Landis : the economics of baseball during the roaring twenties. Lincoln ; London : University of Nebraska Press, c2018 420 pages 9780803296824 (DLC) 2017044997
ISBN 9780803296824
9781496205711 (e-book)
9781496205728 (e-book)
9781496205735 (e-book)

 
    
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