Baseball: A History of America's Game (Sport and Society) - Hardcover

Rader, Benjamin G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0252042050 ISBN 13: 9780252042058

Publisher: University of Illinois Press, 2018

Synopsis

In this fourth edition, Benjamin G. Rader updates the text with a portrait of baseball's new order. He charts an on-the-field game transformed by analytics, an influx of Latino and Asian players, and a generation of players groomed for brute power both on the mound and at the plate. He also analyzes the behind-the-scenes revolution that brought in billions of dollars from a synergy of marketing and branding prowess, visionary media development, and fan-friendly ballparks abuzz with nonstop entertainment. The result is an entertaining and comprehensive tour of a game that, whatever its changes, always reflects American society and culture.

About this title

About the Author:

Benjamin G. Rader is James L. Sellers Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, and the coauthor of American Sports: From the Age of Folk Games to the Age of Televised Sports, Seventh Edition.

Review:

Praise for earlier editions: "The best single-volume history of the sport. . . . Tackles the business and organizational evolution of the professional game, while not losing sight of how it was played on the field."--Washington Post Book World

"Baseball reflects Rader's firm grasp of the best and latest scholarship and his insightful understanding of American sport history."--Sporting News

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0252042050
• ISBN 13: 9780252042058
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 320