Understanding Baseball: A Textbook

Strecker, Trey, (Editor)/ Gietschier, Steven P. (Editor)/ Nathanson, Mitchell (Editor)/ Fortunato, John A. (Editor)/ Surdam, David George (Editor)

ISBN 10: 0786476311 / ISBN 13: 9780786476312

Editore: McFarland Publishing, 2015

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213 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.50 inches. In Stock.

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• Titolo: Understanding Baseball: A Textbook
• Editore: McFarland Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0786476311
• ISBN 13: 9780786476312
• Rilegatura: Paperback
• Condizione: Brand New

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Riassunto

"Intended as a readable textbook for undergraduates and their instructors, Understanding Baseball is designed to offer insights and inroads into baseball history as a rewarding academic subject worthy of careful scholarly attention. Each chapter introduces a specific disciplinary approach to baseball--history, economics, media, law, and fiction--and covers representative questions scholars from that academic field might consider"--

Informazioni sugli autori

Trey Strecker is an assistant professor of English and sports studies at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. He is the editor of the scholarly journal NINE: A Journal of Baseball History & Culture and has published two anthologies.

Steven P. Gietschier is an associate professor of history at Lindenwood University. He managed the research center of The Sporting News from 1986 until 2008, wrote the annual "Year in Review" essay in The Baseball Guide, and edited he Complete Baseball Record Book for five years.

Mitchell Nathanson is a professor of legal writing in the Jeffrey S. Moorad Center for the Study of Sports Law at Villanova University School of Law.