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A. G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball: The Promise of American Sport - Softcover

Levine, Peter

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9780195042207: A. G. Spalding and the Rise of Baseball: The Promise of American Sport
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ISBN 10: 0195042204 ISBN 13: 9780195042207
Publisher: Oxford University Press, 1986

Synopsis

A. G. Spalding was a key figure in the professionalization and commercialization of American sports. Co-founder of baseball's National League, owner of the Chicago White Stockings (later Cubs), and founder of a sporting goods business that made him a millionaire, Spalding not only willed baseball to be our national pastime but also contributed to making sport a significant part of American life.
This biography captures the zest, flamboyance, and creativity of Albert Goodwell Spalding, a man of insatiable ego, a showman and entrepreneur, whose life illuminated the hopes and fears of 19th-century Americans. It is also a vivid evocation of the vanished world of 19th-century baseball, recreating a time when it was transformed from a game played on unkempt fields to modern style.

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Peter Levine is a Professor of History at Michigan State University.

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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Publication date
1986
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0195042204
ISBN 13 
9780195042207
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
199
Rating
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