Northern Sandlots is the story of the rise and fall of regional baseball on the northeast coast of North America. Colin Howell writes about the social and economic influence of baseball on community life in the Maritimes and New England during the past century, from its earliest spread from cities and towns into the countryside, to the advent of television, and the withering of local semi-pro leagues after the Second World War.
The history of sport is an important feature of the `new' social history. Howell discusses how baseball has been deeply implicated in debates about class and gender, race and ethnicity, regionalism and nationalism, work and play, and the commercialization of leisure. Baseball's often overlooked connection to medical and religious discourse is also explored.
Howell begins with the game's earliest days when it was being molded by progressive reformers to meet what they considered to be the needs of an emerging industrial society. He then turns to the interwar years when baseball in the Maritimes became strictly amateur, revealing an emerging sense of community solidarity and regional identity. The game flourished at the community level after the Second World War, before it eventually succumbed to the new, commodified, and nationally marketed sporting culture that accompanied the development of the modern consumer society. Finally, Howell shows that fundamental changes in the nature of capitalism after the war, and in the economic and social reality of small towns and cities, hastened the death of a century-long tradition of competitive, community-level baseball.
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.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
'Northern Sandlots is a refreshing alternative to the unenlightened observations of sports writers or the inarticulate ramblings of ex-athletes that constitute most mainstream baseball books.'
Colin D. Howell is Professor of History, Saint Mary's University.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
Shipping:
FREE
Within U.S.A.
Book Description Paperback. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 1.1. Seller Inventory # G0802069428I3N00
Book Description Condition: Good. . . All orders guaranteed and ship within 24 hours. Before placing your order for please contact us for confirmation on the book's binding. Check out our other listings to add to your order for discounted shipping. Seller Inventory # BOS-Q-10e-01243
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. University of Toronto Press, 1995. xvi-285 pp., illustrated. Soft cover. Fine condition. 0802069428. Seller Inventory # 67300
Book Description Softcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Covers have some light scuffing. ; 288 pages. Seller Inventory # 345177
Book Description Softcover. Condition: Very Good+. First Edition. Tight unmarked book in bright covers with lightly rubbed covers. ; 9.0 X 6.0 X 1.0 inches; 288 pages. Seller Inventory # 60966
Book Description Soft cover. Condition: Very Good Minus. No Jacket. B & W Photos (illustrator). 1st Edition. Original pictorial black trade paperback with colour illustration of baseball player, and white, orange and black lettering. Previous owner's name. Top corner of back cover creased. The author examines the social and economic influence of baseball in the Maritimes, starting in the late 19th century. 285 pp. including Index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Book. Seller Inventory # 014384
Book Description First paperback edition. Softcover book bound in stiff printed wrappers. 23 cm. 285 pages. Contains black-and-white illustrations. In very good condition. No ownership marks/writing present within. Hinges tight, pages bright. Light spotting to the front/back matter and book block edges. Light edge wear/bumping to the covers. Uncommon. Seller Inventory # 5520