Northern Sandlots: A Social History of Maritime Baseball

Colin Howell

Published by University of Toronto Press 1995

Northern Sandlots

A Social History of Maritime Baseball

Colin Howell

https://doi.org/10.3138/9781442677784

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About this book

Howell has written an informative and insightful social history that examines the transformation of Maritime community life from the 1860s to the late twentieth century.

Author / Editor information

Howell Colin :

Colin D. Howell is Professor of History, Saint Mary's University.

Reviews

Steven R. Hewitt:

'This book is a well-written history that does a good job of mixing fact with anecdote and the result is a highly readable block of information that will give you not only a new appreciation for the game but one for the people who played it.'

Ken Clare:

'This book is a well-written history that does a good job of mixing fact with anecdote and the result is a highly readable block of information that will give you not only a new appreciation for the game but one for the people who played it.'

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Preface Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	ix
1. Laying Out the Field: Theoretical Approaches Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
2. First Innings: Baseball, Cricket, and the Bourgeois Ideal of Healthful Sport Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	13
3. New Players: Baseball and Working-Class Culture Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	37
4. Throw ‘em Out’: Rowdyism, Respectability, and the Yankee Baseballist Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	55
5. Gendered Baselines: The Tour of the Chicago Blackstockings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	74
6. A Manly Sport: Baseball and the Social Construction of Masculinity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	97
7. Reforming the Game: Baseball in the Progressive Era Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	120
8. Baseball as Civic Accomplishment: Regionalism, Nationalism, and Community Identity Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	146
9. The ‘Others’: Race, Ethnicity, and Community Baseball Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	171
10. Extra Innings: The Eclipse of Community Baseball Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	196
Post-Game Reflections Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	227
Notes Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	281
Photo credits Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	287

Language: English
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Audience: College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
Pages
- Main content: 288

eBook

Published: May 12, 1995
ISBN: 9781442677784